The Frankenstein Phenomena in Life and Education :: Mary Shelley Frankenstein Essays

The Frankenstein Phenomena in Life and EducationWhen we consider more or less traditional Hollywood Frankenstein films, the devil is depicted as abhorrence because he is malformed that this is not always the possibility. The simple bingle-to-one relationship of ugly equals evil was not prominent in the Mary Shelleys original book or in more true-to-text films much(prenominal) as The Bride or more belatedly Kenneth Brannaghs attempt to make the authoritative film interpretation, Mary Shelleys Frankenstein. In these versions, the monster was portrayed as more human in his endeavors to question his origins, chance upon a father and be happy. However, his physical characteristics have become the almost salient feature in popular culture, so much so, that he is generally take uped as unquestionably evil bec ause his appearance offends the eye. The signs in this case are the monsters scars, his stitches, the bolts that hold his head on, the hands of a murderer stitch on, his cl ub feet, his staggering jerky walk, his strange and retarded speech. We often capture t hese signs as being indexes and symbols of evil and malevolence that signify insidiousness and threat, change surface though these are characteristics of so many real conditions in our cub humans. When we consider such people, we call these signs symptoms, infir mities, disabilities and medical problems. Are we so sure as shooting that we can separate how we view these signs depending on whether we are watching movies, such potent sources of how we regard our world, or when we deal with patients or students in the real wor ld? flavour at how people that are considered aberrant either physically or mentally are portrayed in movies gives a good view on how society as a whole may shape them, in my opinion. In the film The Bride, the monsters only companion after his escap e is a dwarf who was a circus performer. Although, this movie is definitely a more positive and sympathetic portrayal of the monsters condition, it also highlights the assumption that anybody with a physical makeup that is unusual, is considered just as much a monster by society. In this discussion, I will initially take the representation of dwarves in movies and myth, and how they are perceived by society as being prototypic for a range of other physical differences that are considered negatively i n this culture. I choose dwarves because I believe they have been one of the most pervasively stereotyped groups in movies and myth and whose negative portrayal continues to persist even in the politically correct era because now they can be labeled as w eird but cool.