Frankenstein Movie And Book Comparison

Compare/Contrast of Frankenstein

“Look! It’s moving. It’s alive. It’s alive… It’s alive, it’s moving, it’s alive, it’s alive, it’s alive, it’s alive, IT’S ALIVE!”
--Henry Frankenstein
The famous words above were said by Henry Frankenstein in the movie Frankenstein just after Henry brought the monster to life. Oddly enough, these famous words were never said the original novel of Frankenstein! The producers of Frankenstein, the movie, added in these words so the scene would be more dramatic. After so many people watched the movie, these words started to automatically pop into mind as soon as someone mentions Frankenstein, but these words were never said in the original novel. This is a big change made in the movie that was not in the novel. …show more content…
At the end of the movie and novel the monster burns to death, resolving the problem in each story. However, the monster is burned in a different way in the novel, versus the movie. In the novel, the monster burns himself, because all his evil deeds were completed and the monster thought he had no more reason to live. On the other hand, in the movie, the villagers burn the monster. The villagers were hunting the monster because he killed Maria. The monster got trapped in his makeshift house and the villagers burned the house down, with the monster stuck inside. In both the movie and the novel, the monster attacks Victor/Henry and Elizabeth’s wedding. In the novel, Victor is expecting the monster to come and is constantly watching out for the monster. The monster sneaks into Victor and Elizabeth’s room while Victor was looking in every nook and cranny in their house. Just as Victor thinks to look in the bedroom, he hears a shrill scream coming from the room. He rushes to the room to find Elizabeth dead in the bed. In the movie, the attack on the wedding is very different. In the movie, Henry hears news that the monster has killed a girl in the village and fears that the monster might be in the village, looking for him. Henry starts to look for the monster. Meanwhile, the monster sneaks into the room that Elizabeth is in. The monster tries to kill Elizabeth, but Henry finds the monster just in time. Henry scares the monster away. The producers of the movie probably kept Elizabeth alive because it would make the audience happy. The monster dies, and Elizabeth and Henry live happily ever after. The audience can’t get mad with that ending. Overall, the resolutions, are very different, with only a few

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