Frankenstein

This film is perfect for all the catholics out there. At least the ones who’ve ached. “That horrible, horrible will that birthed me condemns me now”Some are raised to believe that from birth, they need to repent, that humans are creatures of sin. Indifference isn’t a choice nor is disbelief for the result of damnation . “You’ve been hurt, have you not?” ”Hurt?” “Yes. Your hands and faces have scars”He was born scarred, he was born hurt, oh my baby. He is so much like the creatures of God, born as sinners. Faulted for merely existing. “I can save you.” ”From what? From you?” ”I fear you, Victor. I always have”This may appeal to only a specific few of religous people. God is meant to be everything good, everything kind. This is accepted as truth while it is also accepted that those who are “God fearing” are to be praised. In the film, Frankenstein is very clearly acting as a god, trying to go beyond moral limitations and test the boundaries of life. He sets unreal expectations on his creature and abandons him quick, even faulting him for who he turned out to be. In the end, until Victor’s death, they are lasting presences in each other’s lives.  The creature longs for his creator while feeling rage. Frankenstein deals with his consequences. In the end they become companions, by refusing the creature’s one desire of a companion, Victor fulfills the role. He hunts the creature down until the icy ends of the world, following wherever he goes. Victor tells the creature to live during his last few breaths. While I agree, it does highlight how the creator still doesn’t truly understand his creature in the end. The very one he spent months designing, ceaselessly investing time and resources to make. “You think this will unmake me?”He doesn’t even use the word “kill”.