Frankenstein: The True Story story
Frankenstein: The True Story is a 1973 British and American made-for- television horror film loosely based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
22 total · 10 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| engaged couple | major | Victor Frankenstein and Elizabeth Fanshawe. |
| husband and wife | major | Victor and Elizabeth married about half way through the film. |
| mad scientist stereotype | major | Victor Frankenstein was working on reanimating a corpse in his secret laboratory. |
| maker and monster | major | Victor Frankenstein and the monster. |
| playing God with nature | major | After comparing themselves to Prometheus, Henry and Victor made a veritable pact to "defy God" by using science to revive a dead body to life. |
| pride goes before a fall | major | Victor Frankenstein's unshakable conviction in the in correctness of his approach to restoring the dead to life blinded him to the likely monstrous outcomes of his work. This was even more so the case with his mentor Dr. Henry Clerval. |
| romantic love | major | Victor Frankenstein and Elizabeth Fanshawe. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | The Monster punished his creator Dr. Frankenstein for giving it life by killing his wife and unborn child. |
| undead being | major | Frankenstein's monster. |
| what it is like to be different | major | We saw Frankenstein's innocent and child-like monster living as an outcast from society. |