The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

By Calimlim, Noli R.
2013-11406

The story of the movie, The Bride of Frankenstein, does not literally revolve about a woman on her wedding day with the man who created and brought a life to a manlike monster as defined denotatively by the title itself. But actually, it implicitly discusses how science ignored its moral laws in view of a person back at the time the movie was first filmed, specifically the concept of bringing a dead man back to life. Additional to the religious belief that may be dominant in the mentioned period, the fact that Frankenstein built a monster made up of pieces dead peripherals also contribute to the deceitfulness of things.

Upon further scrutiny and analysis of some scenes, we may notice a trait that will show how moral reigns over science in the film or in the lives of man itself. This trait was obviously the ability of normal men not to adapt to drastic changes. The lie detector machine as the most advanced technology during the year, people may not easily accept the study worked by Frankenstein so eventually, they tend to fear the creation instead of adapting to it. This might be also the reason why the monster was created dumb in contrary to the book. Since the monster was not intellect, unknowingly he got scared of people as people got scared of him resulting to several deaths, fires and rampages. If Frankenstein’s monster was able to bring decent conversation in the first place, people won’t judge him and will easily understand what he feels. No actions will follow, and technically no story plot will be composed.

WORKS CITED

"1935 Timeline." 1935 Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2014.