Frankenstein

amazed. Having read the book allowed me to connect with the story on a deeper level. however, the gap of the plot line destroyed some of the correlations, cause and effect and endings but in its own ways i think it was good. First, the parallelism between Victor’s father and Victor, and then between Victor and the monster, is deeply intimate and emotionally resonant. A broken father raises a broken child. The loss of Victor’s mother and the absence of maternal affection shape Victor into who he becomes, ultimately driving him to create the monster. Once the creature is brought to life, Victor’s resemblance to his own father becomes strikingly clear. He enacts the only version of “love” he was taught: distant, conditional, and neglectful. Watching this pattern repeat is painful, as it reveals how generational trauma and fractured relationships are passed down rather than healed. I ached for the monster because, especially in the beginning, it was impossible not to see him as a small child, not a monster. Victor was essentially his first word, the way a baby might say “mommy” when learning to speak. Seeing Victor become upset over his perceived lack of intelligence reveals his own limited understanding. Victor represents both a mother figure and the entirety of what the creature knows about the world. Truly i don't know if i hate victor even at the end. Victor’s ambition was fundamentally misguided, and the consequences of his choices shaped a life of suffering that extended beyond himself and was passed on to the creature. Victor’s neglect and obsession created the conditions that allowed the world and its cruelty to mold the monster into something “evil.” In the end, Victor’s final words, asking for forgiveness and urging the creature to live rather than die, was exactly what the monster needed to break free from the destructive mindset imposed on him by his environment. Tragically, it took Victor his entire life to reach this realization: to apologize, to call him “my son,” and to finally acknowledge him as human rather than as a monster. Perhaps Victor was finally able to close his eyes in peace because, in asking for forgiveness and witnessing the monster’s tears, he saw himself reflected in his creation. In that moment, Victor recognized the same suffering he once experienced as a son, now mirrored in the creature before him, xjust as he had once seen his own father at a bedside. This realization completes the cycle of guilt and neglect, allowing Victor, at last, to understand his role not only as a creator, but as a parent. He got to hear the word sorry and live your life to the fullest at last even though he might not have from his dad. it would've been my top 4 if it wasn't so different from the original book. it was more touching though because i didn't really cry reading the book but i did when watching this. it is a bit more gruesome as well and i think i understood more clearly about how broken victor was. ie. when he kept lying about the monster killing the uncle or elizabeth. But this or the book both of them i felt so maternal towards frankenstein. esp the beginning when i couldn't see nothing but a scared child. It was disturbing to see him kill people and turn violent but when the scene ended with him facing the sun with his arms open like how victor taught at the beginning, "sun gives life," I hoped that this was the way of saying the monster is giving himself a chance at life and now he is truly giving meaning to his existence rather than trying to reach death. Still, i saw that innocent child in him again at the end and worried about him like a child going out into the world again. An honorary mention is the old man, who, despite likely realizing that the creature was not fully human—having touched his face and sensed his otherworldly nature—still chose to show him kindness. Rather than reacting with fear or rejection, the old man tended to him with compassion. This moment stands in stark contrast to the rest of society’s response and reinforces the idea that cruelty is learned, not inherent; even when the monster is recognized as different, he is still capable of being treated with humanity.