People usually say the story of Frankenstein is scary. The name’s enough
to send a chill down the spine. When I watched The Bride of Frankenstein, I began to understand that the story’s
scary for a different reason. It’s not because of how horrible the monster
looks, but because of how strong the thirst for power is and how far humans
would go to achieve that power.
Dr. Frankenstein was able to breathe
life into something dead and we can’t help but ask if it’s right or not. Even
though many people would say that what the doctor did was morally wrong, we can
see how morality does little to stop man in his pursuit of knowledge and
authority. This is what science is about; it’s the discovery of things based on
what is known to be true and not on what is known to be right (usually). In the
end, we could create anything to satisfy our curiosities even if it’s against
some morals.
On another note, I think that the
monster was made dumb to show that the inventions of humans aren’t perfect. It
goes to show that something will always go wrong when people are trying to play
God. Another reason why I think the monster was made dumb was so that people
wouldn’t understand him and would be scared of him. They would either run away
or try to kill him with their pitchforks when all he wanted was someone to see
that he really isn’t that bad. If the monster was portrayed as someone who
could strike a decent conversation, then the townsfolk wouldn’t have a reason
to kill him and would probably even like him. I would like to see that.
Hannah Dungca
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