Mary Shelley's Frankenstein story

movie: Mary Shelleys Frankenstein (1994) · 1994-11-03

A telling of the Frankenstein tale that is considered the most faithful film adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, despite several differences and additions in plot from the novel.

33 total · 12 major · 21 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
coping with being disfigured	major	Frankenstein's monster had to live as an outcast on account that he was horribly scarred.
electricity	major	The novelty of electricity in connection with its potential to bring life to dead tissue was much featured.
engaged couple	major	Victor and Elizabeth were engaged to be married, and were ultimately united toward the end of the story.
friendship	major	Victor and his best friend Henry Clerval.
maker and monster	major	Victor Frankenstein and the hideous and pitiful monster of his own creation.
obsession	major	Victor was obsessed with raising a dead man to life, although he later came to regret his work, after he succeed in creating a grotesque and flawed undead being. Captain Walton was obsessed with reaching the North Pole.
playing God with nature	major	There was much talk of Victor Frankenstein's work on reviving the dead using electricity as being against the laws of God.
revival long after death	major	The centers around Victor Frankenstein as he endeavors to revive a patchwork of stitched together corpses using the power of electricity and its aftermath. He later revived from the dead the head of his wife on the body of another woman.
romantic love	major	Victor and Elizabeth were passionately in love with each other.
the desire for vengeance	major	Frankenstein's monster vowed revenge on his creator, Victor Frankenstein, and subsequently went about killing everyone near to him.