Frankenstein felt emotionally distressed at the pain his actions had caused to two members of his family and he contemplated suicide.  Frankenstein decides overall that he needed to live, though, for his wife and the rest of his family.  Instead, the Doctor goes out for a hike to the Alps in order to appreciate what was naturally on earth, rather than what he had created.  Upon getting to the Alps, Frankenstein finds the monster amongst all the natural beauty, and listens to the Monsters life story.

The very definition of sublime, something that has such beauty that it inspires awe, can be related to Frankenstein’s situation in the alps.  He is amongst all of this beauty and magnificence, and there is the monster, creating an aura of mystery, of the unknown, in this place of natural grandeur.  Frankenstein’s first reaction to the creature is fear, however the monster is eloquent, and constantly heaps the blame on the Doctor.

My first reaction to the monster is an automatic disliking of it.  The monster at this point is entirely the bad guy, and has killed and slaughtered its way to the point that we are at now.  However (from the first time I read the book) the eloquence the monster immediately displayed stopped what I was thinking, and I realized that the section I was reading was entirely from the perspective of Frankenstein, and as such, It would lean towards what he thought.  Had my opinion been swayed by the ramblings of a man that I had proclaimed mad earlier in the book?

The Creature asks Frankenstein listen to what the he has put the Monster through, to understand why the Monster took the actions he did.  I personally believe that Frankenstein owes the monster the telling of the story and much more.  Because Frankenstein abandoned his creation, it is his fault that the creature took the actions it did before it understood the world, and as such, Frankenstein owes it to the Creature to try to make its life right.

This quote is a very interesting look at how Dr. Frankenstein thought of science before he completed his experiment.  I would use this quote in an essay to show the progression of Dr. Frankenstein as a character, from the extremely driven individual who wants nothing but the achievement of his goals, to the sorry man who regrets his lives work, and then again back to the driven individual who is trying to correct his wrongs.  This quote sums up Frankensteins entire philosophy before he created the monster.  Science is for the good of mankind, and there is very little that can be done in the name of science that is wrong.  By using this quote, I could also go into how little remorse Dr. Frankenstein had for his grave robbing and other immoral practices with the bodies he worked with.

“For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart”  (Shelly, 42)

This quote shows the immediate thoughts of Frankenstein upon observing the monster alive for the first time.  I would use this quote to show the immediate transgression of Frankenstein from the hard working albeit immoral character I displayed in the previos quote to the even less moral and sad man that is in the next section of the book.  This quote would show how Frankenstein didn’t think of what his actions would create before he started them, and how he didn’t hold up to what he owed this creation of his.  I could also use this quote to show the poor relationship between the monster and Dr. Frankenstein.  However, I believe I will end up using this quote to show how the book only progresses with the creation, and end, of life. (the little girl, the monster, Frankensteins wife and William)

Before his mother died, Frankenstein had a very strong curiosity about natural science, studying ancient philosophers and recreating there experiments.  Upon going to college shortly after his mother’s death, Frankenstein learned that all those years had been spent in vain.  Science had progressed to the point that all that he had studied was worthless.  Happy to have something new to learn, Frankenstein drove himself to learn all the new information possible, and eventually stumbles upon the secret of life.

Frankenstein then sets out upon trying to make a human being out of old dead body parts stolen out of mausoleums and graves.  He sets up a lab, and saying that he has surpassed the knowledge of the college that he attended, Frankenstein sets out to make the body come alive.  Eventually successful, Frankenstein falls asleep soon after the Monster comes back to life due to the large amount of stress he was under trying to make the experiment work.  He wakes up with the Monster standing over him, and runs from the building, afraid of the hideousness of what his hand had wrought.  We can surmise that Frankenstein is an extremely fearful man, afraid of dying himself, and afraid of others around him dying.  Although he is driven, intelligent, and well off, he puts himself to a task that would try to qualm his fears about the afterlife.

The advertisement would be a tv commercial with Dr. Frankenstein as the host, trying to sell these “bars” of soap.  He would demonstrate the bubbles coming out of various places of the soap heads, and be extremely over-dramatic for the entire commercial.  As the Doctor demonstrated each of the soaps bubbles flowing out, he would say the quotes listed after the names of the characters the soap represents.    The location would be a mad-scientist’s lab, but it wouldn’t be the same as the one in the original movie, instead, it would be modernized with changing glowing lights on large panels, with a covered Frankenstein in the middle.  This product is intended for children to find interesting, and as such, it has to relate to them.  All people, and especially children, like shiny things.  By making the scenario more modern to the children, it would drive more interest in the product.

The use of Frankenstein in this situation is almost with a comedic sense, and is entirely based off the movie.  It plays off the large audience already taken by Frankenstein, and the  idea of a kindly, yet mad, person, that children could fall in love with.  The product appeals to adults because it plays on their intellect, drawing them to remember what they can of Frankenstein, and wonder what the symbolization of the bubbles can mean.

The cemetery scene was a short glimpse of foreshadowing, by showing Dr. Frankenstein’s disrespect for death, the author showed that something malicious was going to happen later in the movie that pertained to the lack of conscience of the doctor. Hatton relates this to us in the article by saying “the cemetery skeleton is the first hint of frights to come.” The symbolism of the skeleton combined with the importance of the main character in the movie creates a strong impression that lasts through the movie as you watch the foreshadowing come true.

The author continuously points out the ominous meaning of the skeleton, relating that Death was supposed to take that form, and because this movie is completely focused on death, this scene greatly symbolized the movie.  When Frankenstein tossed the dirt on death, that was a foreshadowing of when he cheated death by creating bringing the monster back to life.  The skeleton also appears in the “Bride of Frankenstein”, almost as a shout out that the foreshadowing in the original movie was true, and that death had had its price for being cheated.  The skeleton was a symbol of mystery, darkness, and death, and foreshadowed all that happened in the movie.

The author of the article regales the reader with the great aspects of the movie, making very few criticisms of characters, and no mention at all of plot holes, or scene jumps.  Perhaps the movie received so much accreditation by critics over the years that it has passed these simple characteristics of modern day movies as unnecessary or not adding to the general plot, however, as a modern day viewer, I found these plot holes to be funny and lacking of a strong pull from the book which has almost no plot holes at all and is a generally strong piece of work.

I believe that people always want to see something new, while never completely separating from the old.  People are afraid of change, but they want to show that they are courageous.  As such, they welcome something like the movie Frankenstein which draws from the general idea of all movies, monster versus hero, even if the line is slightly clouded in the movie.  Just like the thriller “Psycho” by Alfred Hitchcock,  people wanted to see something new, that built upon the old.

As such, I disagree with the author of the article that the Frankenstein movie was an original piece of work because though it did redefined popular culture, it pulled from elements that had already been created hundreds of years before with books such as Tom Sawyer, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, To Kill a Mockingbird, and other works of literature.

I am a very athletic individual, always striving to make my body and my mind better, and am very determined to make the best of everything I have.  I have always been athletic, albeit smaller than other people my age.  I made up for my size with determination.  In football, I would get run over by blockers, but be back on my feet quick enough to get tackles.  It eventually got the point people started calling me “fearless” and one I personally enjoyed, “vampire” due to my propensity to seek out hits no matter how big the people I was up against were (they said I was out for blood).  My parents are always challenging me to improve myself, and are always there to help me when I need it and I am very grateful for it.  However, my dad always bragged about his high school football career (as all fathers are wont) and probably my proudest moment in football was duiring a game that my dad was on the sideline, I was playing middle linebacker, and I hit a guy that was a foot taller than me and about 30 lbs bigger so hard he slide about 7 yards right to my dad’s feet. I also have played basketball, wrestling, track (pole vaulting), soccer, and baseball on school teams.  Sports have always appealed to me.  To lose oneself in the athetic pursuit, and have nothing but the blood sweat and tears, the fight for the win, is envigorating, and I love the challenge of it all.

My family has a very stong military heritage, every male in my line has served up until my generation.  Several of my cousins have baseball scholarships, and are trying to get into the pros (particularily the Yankees), and have decided they don’t want to follow that path.  However, there has been a member of my family in almost every war since WW1.  My father attended the United States Naval Academy, and my brother is currently a senior there.  I attempted to get into the Academy, however my grades were to low.  I probably brought home a book 2 or 3 times through my entire high school career, and those times were only to have a little more space in my locker for food.  I still attended every A.P. and Honors class available, and did fairly well in school (otherwise I wouldn’t have gotten the full ride), but I know that I could have done much better, and am going to try to fix my lack of academic effort in high school by doing as well as possible in college.