Frankenstein Elephant Man Comparison
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Maksim Styrt English 12 CP Frankenstein / Elephant Man Comparison Similarities: Frankenstein’s Creature and the Elephant Man are both outcasts, thrown into a world where all despise and run in terror upon seeing them. When the creature tells his story of the day he escaped, he was confused and stumbled upon civilization where everyone screamed “monster” in horror. John Merrick was also ridiculed throughout the movie from being a circus act and later a peep show for local drunks. The book and the movie both take place in bad weather such as rain and knight to create a mood of fright. They are both abused by their owner, the creature was abandoned to learn for himself and Merrick had a Circus master who would beat him. Both of them grew up only seeing fear and hatred but soon became civilized as they where introduce to kind people. Learning how to read and write was something both of them took great pride in. Their ability to speak helped them seek out and attempt to fix their problem and where both frightened of first impressions. In the end, they accomplish what they wanted and no longer have a purpose to live. Differences: The two Monstrosities where very different in how they where raised. The creature from Frankenstein was left to fend for himself. He escaped the attic where he was created and fled far away only to realize he should stay far from civilization. John was always living in the city. He was brought up by a circus
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Maksim StyrtEnglish 12 CP
Frankenstein / Elephant Man Comparison
Similarities:
Frankenstein’s Creature and the Elephant Man are both outcasts, thrown into a world
where all despise and run in terror upon seeing them. When the creature tells his story of the day
he escaped, he was confused and stumbled upon civilization where everyone screamed
“monster” in horror. John Merrick was also ridiculed throughout the movie from being a circus
act and later a peep show for local drunks. The book and the movie both take place in bad
weather such as rain and knight to create a mood of fright. They are both abused by their owner,
the creature was abandoned to learn for himself and Merrick had a Circus master who would beat
him. Both of them grew up only seeing fear and hatred but soon became civilized as they where
introduce to kind people. Learning how to read and write was something both of them took great
pride in. Their ability to speak helped them seek out and attempt to fix their problem and where
both frightened of first impressions. In the end, they accomplish what they wanted and no longer
have a purpose to live.
Differences:
The two Monstrosities where very different in how they where raised. The creature from
Frankenstein was left to fend for himself. He escaped the attic where he was created and fled far
away only to realize he should stay far from civilization. John was always living in the city. He
was brought up by a circus drunk who for 21 years kept him as an act to terrify the locals.
Everyone was scared but John was used to the fear of humans. John was naturally born with a
disease; there was no way of changing how he looked. Frankenstein’s Creature was a creation
by experimentation; he could have been whatever Frankenstein wanted if he hadn’t let him loose.
John Merrick is an accepted individual amongst the scientific elite but just a show for the simple
people. Frankenstein’s Creature was never loved by people who saw him and so he resorted in
getting Frankenstein to make him a wife. John wants to be normal and in return dies but
Frankenstein’s Creature has accepted himself and his looks and only wants a family or revenge.
