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Comparative Analysis of the Portrayal of Frankenstein's Creature on Film
Alechina, Yana ; Horová, Miroslava (advisor) ; Poncarová, Petra Johana (referee)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus was first published in 1818. Almost a century later, in 1910, in the early days of the cinematograph, Frankenstein's Creature appeared in black and white on the silver screen for the first time in Thomas Edison's experimental production directed by J. Searle Dawley. Since then, a plethora of film and television adaptations have been created. The goal of this thesis is to compare and analyse how Frankenstein's Creature, or, increasingly, the Frankenstein monster, was portrayed in these adaptations, paying attention primarily to the intelligence of the monster. The aim is to discover how and why the Creature, who is described in the book as an intelligent being capable of thinking, feeling, reading and speaking, is transformed in some adaptations into a senseless brutal monstrosity. The thesis will also discuss the effect of this transposition on the overall atmosphere, genre and meaning of the individual adaptations and the related problems of the novel's popular cultural legacy. The analysis of the adaptations which are closer to the original vision of the novel will serve as key material for comparison. The analysis of the different representations of the Creature throughout various adaptations will additionally allow to determine some of the...
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