◇ Mary Shelley's Frankenstein v/s Kenneth Branagh's movie Frankenstein:
☆Pre-viewing tasks:
Question:1 what is gothic scientific fiction?
Answer: 1
Gothic science fiction, also known as space goth, is a subgenre of science fiction that involves gothic conventions. By definition, the subgenre attempts to capture the dark atmosphere of gothic fiction while also incorporating elements of science fiction.Gothic novels focus on the mysterious and supernatural. InFrankenstein, Shelley uses rather mysterious circumstances to have VictorFrankenstein create the monster: the cloudy circumstances under which Victor gathers body parts for his experiments and the use of little known modern technologies for unnatural purposes.
Question:2 What is a frame narrative?
Answer:
Frame narratives, as exemplified by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,were popularly used in nineteenth century English literature to introduce multiple characters and perspectives. This literary device was a layered narrative that featured a story within a story, at times within yet another story.
Question:3What is the point of view of the author?
Answer:
The novel begins with narration from Captain Walton, who is writing a series of letters to his sister Margaret. The point of view then switches to Victor Frankenstein, who tells Walton about his life and how he came to be wandering in the Arctic.
Question:4
What are the viewpoints of different characters?
Answer:
Frankenstein is narrated in the first-person using language like “I”, “my”. and another like character give the different points of view. Monster etc.
Question:5
Do you have confusion about the title of the novel?
Answer: yes
Question:6
Who do you think is the real monster, the Creator or the Creature?
Answer:
The real monster in this novel is in fact Dr. Victor Frankenstein himself. Victor is a hostile and selfish being whose rejection of his creation led to his demise, and that of his family.
Question: 7
What is tabula rasa?
Answer:
Tabula Rasa Blank State is an empirical philosophical notion that John Locke used is a crucial factor in analyzing and understanding Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. ... Infants must learn from an instructor who is mostly the parents of the infant so that he or she will fill that blank state with knowledge.
Question:8
What is the significance of the subtitle "The Modern Prometheus"?
Answer:
The myth of Prometheus as it relates to Mary Shelley's 1818 masterpiece, ''Frankenstein.'' Still, the question remains: who in ''Frankenstein'' is the 'modern Prometheus?'
●Who Is Prometheus?
Mary Shelley's 1818 masterpiece Frankenstein is famously subtitled The Modern Prometheus, after the Greek myth of the god Prometheus. This Greek god steals the sacred fire of Mount Olympus and gifts it to humanity.
The supreme god Zeus condemns Prometheus to eternal punishment for his treachery against the gods. Chained to a rock, Prometheus' liver is eaten by an eagle. Because he's immortal, he heals by night, only to endure the same torture the next day and every day throughout all eternity.
So why would Shelley use this subtitle for her famous novel? Who exactly is the modern Prometheus in Frankenstein? Is it Victor Frankenstein - or his monster?
●Victor Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein certainly seems like a modern Prometheus. Prometheus dares to give to humans what had before belonged only to the gods: the sacred fire. In this, he was also giving technology to mankind. The sacred fire provides warmth and sustenance, but it also allows mankind to forge tools and weapons. It frees us from our dependence on the good pleasure of the gods for our survival.
Additionally, Victor dares to give to humans what had belonged only to God: immortality. No longer are life and death a matter of God's will: they are the byproduct of human learning and the outcome of human endeavor and intention.
●Victor's Era & His Eagle
Prometheus' name means 'forethought,' but his successor, Victor, is also able to think ahead, planning and carrying out what once only the gods had been able to do. The rapid advance of scientific knowledge characterizes the late 18th century, known as the Age of Enlightenment. It was believed that there was nothing science couldn't do, nothing man couldn't achieve.
Question:9
Do you think Mary Shelley's Frankenstein stands on the brick of revolutionary changes?
Answer: yes
☆ While viewing the movie:
Question:1
How is the beginning and the end of the movie?
Answer:
when I see the this movie so I am becomr very surprised . beginning to ending of this movie is Good.
Question:2
Do you feel the effect of horror in the movie?
Answer: yes
Question: 3
What do you think about the character of the monster in the movie?
Answer:
About my opinion on monster character. monster is Good character. but ending of the movie monster nothing getting.
Question:4
What do you think about the conversation between Victor and the monster?
Answer:
About my opinion on conversation between victor and monster. so this conversation is Good in movie but something I am not understand what you this both character say?
Question:5
Do you think that some scenes are omitted or replaced by other scene ?
Answer: yes
Question: 6
How is the effect of these changes?
Answer: Good
Question: 7
Do you think the director has used appropriate symbols in the movie?
Answer: yes
☆Post-viewing tasks:
Question:1 What is the difference between the movie and the novel?
answer :
plot is same but some factors is different in movie.
Question:2
Does the movie help you to understand narrative structure of the novel?
Answer: About my view on this movie so sometimes I am very become confused but than I read original so I understood of the narrative structure of the novel.
Question:3
Do you think the movie is helpful to understand the viewpoints of different characters?
Answer: yes
Question: 4
What do you think about the creation of lady monster in the novel and Elizabeth's look of a monster in the movie?
Answer :
After being assured of Elizabeth's safety, Henry completes the Bride's body. A storm rages as final preparations are made to bring the Bride to life. Her bandage-wrapped body is raised through the roof. Lightning strikes a kite sending electricity through the Bride. They remove her bandages and help her to stand. Pretorius then declares it "The Bride of Frankenstein!" The excited Monster sees his mate and reaches out to her. When the monster quotes "friend" to it, the Bride screams in horror at the sight of him. When the Monster tries to advance on her, the Bride screams again as the Monster quotes "She hate me! Like others." As Elizabeth races to Henry's side, the Monster rampages through the laboratory and puts his hand on a lever. When Henry tells Elizabeth that he can't leave his creation, the Monster tells Henry and Elizabeth "Yes! Go! You live!" To Pretorius and the Bride, he says "You stay. We belong dead." While Henry and Elizabeth flee, the Monster sheds a tear as the Bride hisses, and he then pulls a lever to trigger the destruction of the laboratory and tower
so this both is different.
Question: 5
Think about Victor's acceptance of Elizabeth and rejection of the monster.
Answer: when I see the movie I am very confused this question why monster rejection? but ending of the movie I understand and movie give my answer.
Question: 6
Do you think the director is faithful to the novel ?
Answer: yes
☆Pre-viewing tasks:
Question:1 what is gothic scientific fiction?
Answer: 1
Gothic science fiction, also known as space goth, is a subgenre of science fiction that involves gothic conventions. By definition, the subgenre attempts to capture the dark atmosphere of gothic fiction while also incorporating elements of science fiction.Gothic novels focus on the mysterious and supernatural. InFrankenstein, Shelley uses rather mysterious circumstances to have VictorFrankenstein create the monster: the cloudy circumstances under which Victor gathers body parts for his experiments and the use of little known modern technologies for unnatural purposes.
Question:2 What is a frame narrative?
Answer:
Frame narratives, as exemplified by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,were popularly used in nineteenth century English literature to introduce multiple characters and perspectives. This literary device was a layered narrative that featured a story within a story, at times within yet another story.
Question:3What is the point of view of the author?
Answer:
The novel begins with narration from Captain Walton, who is writing a series of letters to his sister Margaret. The point of view then switches to Victor Frankenstein, who tells Walton about his life and how he came to be wandering in the Arctic.
Question:4
What are the viewpoints of different characters?
Answer:
Frankenstein is narrated in the first-person using language like “I”, “my”. and another like character give the different points of view. Monster etc.
Question:5
Do you have confusion about the title of the novel?
Answer: yes
Question:6
Who do you think is the real monster, the Creator or the Creature?
Answer:
The real monster in this novel is in fact Dr. Victor Frankenstein himself. Victor is a hostile and selfish being whose rejection of his creation led to his demise, and that of his family.
Question: 7
What is tabula rasa?
Answer:
Tabula Rasa Blank State is an empirical philosophical notion that John Locke used is a crucial factor in analyzing and understanding Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. ... Infants must learn from an instructor who is mostly the parents of the infant so that he or she will fill that blank state with knowledge.
Question:8
What is the significance of the subtitle "The Modern Prometheus"?
Answer:
The myth of Prometheus as it relates to Mary Shelley's 1818 masterpiece, ''Frankenstein.'' Still, the question remains: who in ''Frankenstein'' is the 'modern Prometheus?'
●Who Is Prometheus?
Mary Shelley's 1818 masterpiece Frankenstein is famously subtitled The Modern Prometheus, after the Greek myth of the god Prometheus. This Greek god steals the sacred fire of Mount Olympus and gifts it to humanity.
The supreme god Zeus condemns Prometheus to eternal punishment for his treachery against the gods. Chained to a rock, Prometheus' liver is eaten by an eagle. Because he's immortal, he heals by night, only to endure the same torture the next day and every day throughout all eternity.
So why would Shelley use this subtitle for her famous novel? Who exactly is the modern Prometheus in Frankenstein? Is it Victor Frankenstein - or his monster?
●Victor Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein certainly seems like a modern Prometheus. Prometheus dares to give to humans what had before belonged only to the gods: the sacred fire. In this, he was also giving technology to mankind. The sacred fire provides warmth and sustenance, but it also allows mankind to forge tools and weapons. It frees us from our dependence on the good pleasure of the gods for our survival.
Additionally, Victor dares to give to humans what had belonged only to God: immortality. No longer are life and death a matter of God's will: they are the byproduct of human learning and the outcome of human endeavor and intention.
●Victor's Era & His Eagle
Prometheus' name means 'forethought,' but his successor, Victor, is also able to think ahead, planning and carrying out what once only the gods had been able to do. The rapid advance of scientific knowledge characterizes the late 18th century, known as the Age of Enlightenment. It was believed that there was nothing science couldn't do, nothing man couldn't achieve.
Question:9
Do you think Mary Shelley's Frankenstein stands on the brick of revolutionary changes?
Answer: yes
☆ While viewing the movie:
Question:1
How is the beginning and the end of the movie?
Answer:
when I see the this movie so I am becomr very surprised . beginning to ending of this movie is Good.
Question:2
Do you feel the effect of horror in the movie?
Answer: yes
Question: 3
What do you think about the character of the monster in the movie?
Answer:
About my opinion on monster character. monster is Good character. but ending of the movie monster nothing getting.
Question:4
What do you think about the conversation between Victor and the monster?
Answer:
About my opinion on conversation between victor and monster. so this conversation is Good in movie but something I am not understand what you this both character say?
Question:5
Do you think that some scenes are omitted or replaced by other scene ?
Answer: yes
Question: 6
How is the effect of these changes?
Answer: Good
Question: 7
Do you think the director has used appropriate symbols in the movie?
Answer: yes
☆Post-viewing tasks:
Question:1 What is the difference between the movie and the novel?
answer :
plot is same but some factors is different in movie.
Question:2
Does the movie help you to understand narrative structure of the novel?
Answer: About my view on this movie so sometimes I am very become confused but than I read original so I understood of the narrative structure of the novel.
Question:3
Do you think the movie is helpful to understand the viewpoints of different characters?
Answer: yes
Question: 4
What do you think about the creation of lady monster in the novel and Elizabeth's look of a monster in the movie?
Answer :
After being assured of Elizabeth's safety, Henry completes the Bride's body. A storm rages as final preparations are made to bring the Bride to life. Her bandage-wrapped body is raised through the roof. Lightning strikes a kite sending electricity through the Bride. They remove her bandages and help her to stand. Pretorius then declares it "The Bride of Frankenstein!" The excited Monster sees his mate and reaches out to her. When the monster quotes "friend" to it, the Bride screams in horror at the sight of him. When the Monster tries to advance on her, the Bride screams again as the Monster quotes "She hate me! Like others." As Elizabeth races to Henry's side, the Monster rampages through the laboratory and puts his hand on a lever. When Henry tells Elizabeth that he can't leave his creation, the Monster tells Henry and Elizabeth "Yes! Go! You live!" To Pretorius and the Bride, he says "You stay. We belong dead." While Henry and Elizabeth flee, the Monster sheds a tear as the Bride hisses, and he then pulls a lever to trigger the destruction of the laboratory and tower
so this both is different.
Question: 5
Think about Victor's acceptance of Elizabeth and rejection of the monster.
Answer: when I see the movie I am very confused this question why monster rejection? but ending of the movie I understand and movie give my answer.
Question: 6
Do you think the director is faithful to the novel ?
Answer: yes
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