- Scene options to look at – The creation scene. The scene when Victor and the monster fight over Elizabeth.
The Creation Scene -
The amniotic fluid in the movie is a good parallel to natural birth, it is further simulated when the tan bursts and Victor gets covered in fluid as well. In essence they therefore share amniotic fluid symbolizing Victor birthing the monster. In addition to this, I believe that this could also be seen as both of them being born – the monster is obviously being brought to life while Victor is being born into a new person due to what he has created. He is transformed into an extremely unhappy, fearful man that isolates himself from society. The amniotic fluid is not used in the book and I think it is a very creative interpretation that Brandagh uses.
In addition, the use of chains hoisting the monster up after he is born is not used in the book, but it is a good christ like symbolism. For my paper, I would like to explore and look very closely at these similarities. Brandagh exploits the point that the monsters creation was extremely unnatural by drawing this parallel. Christ’s birth was unnatural because Mary was a virgin upon giving birth to Christ. Likewise, Victor went against the natural creation laws in forming the monster and giving life to him.
The Scene when Victor and the Monster fight over Elizabeth -
This is a very ironic scene in my mind. Victor was disgusted by the fact the he created such a creature when he gave life to the monster. But, without a single thought about the consequences, Victor recreated Elizabeth and brings her back to life. Without realizing it, he creates a mate for the monster in the sense that he has made someone that looks similar to the monster even though his intention was not that in which the monster would have the companionship of Elizabeth. This scene never takes place in the book, but to some extent this seems slightly fitting as a punishment for Victor’s original sin of creating the monster. Elizabeth’s appearance is ruined, but Victor loves her regardless and the monster becomes attracted to Elizabeth because her new appearance. It the monster would have had the ability to love Elizabeth, I think that would have be the ultimate punishment for Victor because he would be losing the thing he loved most in the world to the thing he hated most.
