Week 9 Discussion
Watch one of the modern adaptation of Frankenstein listed below and discuss how it addresses the concerns brought up in Mary Shelly’s original version of Frankenstein of the scientist as god, the fears of progress gone too far, and a world without women. Are these issues still addressed in the film you chose if so how and why, if not why not?Have new issues taken their place, if so what are they and why? Is the original Frankenstein still relevant in today’s world?
- Edward Scissorshands (1990)
- Frankenweenie (2012)
- I, Frankenstein (2014)
- Victor Frankenstein (2015)
