Frankenstein - - Movie Review Example

assignment is due The movie Frankenstein is the story of an young doctor d Victor Frankenstein who becomes heavily interested in the world of Chemistry and anatomy. Being very much obsessed with the concept of death, he gets into the task of creating life. He creates a monster using the brain of a scientist and body parts of convicts. The monster becomes alive and moves into the society. As monster recognizes that he is never accepted in the society he takes revenge on all whom Victor loves. Victor thus becomes alone as he lost his family members.

He had to create a partner for monster. He however chose to use Elizabeth and plans to bring her back to life for him. She however ends her life as monster and Victor are fighting over her. In the end we find Victor dying in the ship and monster lamenting over his body. Frankenstein is a scintillating movie that speaks about the destructive work of science and technology in the world. Growth of science and technology is portrayed as an oppressive force that oppresses the gentle humanity. This dangerous growth of technology is found to be enslaving the aspects of humanity in this movie.

Technology acts as an autonomous force that enchains the natural humane forces. The rapid technological growth and the corresponding inventions have restricted man to be ‘mere cogs in the social machine’. Human being’s pursuit of knowledge has given birth to several oppressive forces that are trying to eliminate humanity and the entire human community from the face of the earth. In the movie Frankenstein, the main character Victor Frankenstein attempted to go beyond the accepted human limit.

He endeavored something which he should not have done; attempting to access the secret of life. Victor’s strange quest for knowledge made him give birth to a dangerous ugly-looking monster who took away from him everything he loved. Victor’s ruthless chase for knowledge created the monster that murdered everyone dear to him. This ruthless monster which is the child of technology represents the dangerous technology which is the most perilous oppressive force of the society. The then-current European view of technology (during the time of the movie Frankenstein) was more or less like a monster or gigantic force that harms the nature and humanity in every possible way.

The human made technology also has turned out to be curse for humanity like this monster made by Victor. The technology that was supposed to be a liberating force turned out to be a curse for humanity. Human beings make tools and techniques that do not work well for them. Technology fails human beings. They try to answer with technology, problems above problems. The oppressive force, the monster stands at the center of the action. He was rejected by the society. He starts dangerous activities because of his grotesque appearance and because of his perverted or abnormal manner of the creation.

He is out of strange chemicals and stolen body parts. Monster is the symbol of the oppressive forces in the world that are the brain child of human beings. Several of the human inventions are powerful and destructive enough to swipe out the entire humanity from the earth. What about the invention of Atom Bomb. The inventor Albert Einstein was in the same plight as experienced by Victor Frankenstein here. What good it furnished for the betterment of the humanity. Was it ever found to be genuinely beneficial for a single individual in the world?

The unwanted pursuit of knowledge has presented nothing but tears, pain, separation and absolute annihilation to the world. The origin of HIV is also suspected to be the result of some devilish pursuit of knowledge and inventions (in a laboratory). The monster is the representative of this human knowledge thirst that works against its creator. The monster or the dangerous knowledge that Victor used to create the monster is the oppressive force that killed Victor’s brother, his wife and finally Victor.

Monster was made by abnormal manner of creation. Abnormal knowledge track manufacture nothing but man eating monsters. Abnormal knowledge track is attempting to clone human beings. Abnormal knowledge track is destroying killing babies inside its mother. Abnormal creation has become the most popular field of study for scientists who represent Victor Frankenstein in the present world. Aggressive and wrong hunt for knowledge or inventions is yet to introduce several more oppressive forces or monsters into this world.

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