Island of Lost Souls story
The first film adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau, published in 1896. Both book and film are about an obsessed scientist who is secretly conducting surgical experiments on animals on a remote island.
15 total · 13 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human vs. beast | major | Dr. Moreau's animal creatures turned on him in the end. |
| human vs. captivity | major | Shipwrecked traveler Edward Parker held captive on remote island by Dr. Moreau. |
| hybrid being | major | Dr. Moreau created half-human creatures out of various different animals. |
| mad scientist stereotype | major | Dr. Moreau became obsessed with transforming animals into humans in his laboratory of horrors. |
| maker and monster | major | Dr. Moreau and the Panther Woman Lota and his other various monstrosities. |
| obsession | major | Dr. Moreau became obsessed with transforming animals into humans. |
| playing God with nature | major | Dr. Moreau described the transforming of animals into humans made him feel like God. |
| romantic love | major | Edward Parker and Ruth Thomas. |
| species uplifting | major | Dr. Moreau became obsessed with transforming animals into humans. |
| super accelerated Darwinian evolution | major | Dr. Moreau accelerated the evolution of plants and animals by scientific means. In particular, he evolve lower animals into human-like creatures. |