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Post by lins on May 2, 2015 13:03:47 GMT
I'm not sure why I am so into Frankenstein even though I don't like the story line, I could connect many things in my life to Frankenstein. For instance, few days ago, I watched Avengers 2 and could relate the story to the movie. (I won't spoil the movie since I am nice  ) First of all, Victor could be compared to Iron man who created another creation. But the difference I could find was that Victor was not responsible for his action while Iron man was. Moreover, both of the creations questioned their existence. They questioned like "who am I?", "Why am I existing?", and more. They were confused about the world they faced. The creations all reacted differently but I won't really describe it because I might spoil the movie. Like this, I related many things in my life with Frankenstein. How can you guys relate the book? |
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Post by estherchoi on May 3, 2015 14:10:15 GMT
I was able to relate how the monster got used to the environment to how the nomads and people at the very beginning of earth got used to their environment. The monster's progress in getting used to the environment, knowing the fire, moving around places for food, and all those stuff kept on reminding me that the monster was doing the same thing people did a long time ago when they had no knowledge.
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Post by sergeyfen on May 3, 2015 14:42:52 GMT
I can relate Frankenstein to "Bruce almighty" it's a movie about a god giving his power and responsibility to a man who was always disappointed with his life. At first the guy who literally received god's power started to have fun, you know.. just like anyone else would have done if they have gotten god's power. As he was progressing and having fun, responsibilities came in and it was not something that he expected, he tried to mingle away from doing the god's job but eventually it caught up and he gave up on having god's power. I think it relates to Frankenstein the most in a way of handling responsibilities.
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Post by brandonina on May 3, 2015 14:44:50 GMT
That's a good connection actually. I think I can relate myself to Frankenstein because I believe I'm a curious person. Some people may say that being curious is a good trait but for me I had a lot of incidents where I regretted after knowing something that I wanted to know. I really think knowledge can be dangerous sometimes.
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Post by nerdira on May 6, 2015 13:06:30 GMT
Hey spoilers much?
One key difference between Stark creating his monster is that he was not repulsed by his creation, and did not treat it badly to make it a monster. Frankenstein's abandonment of his creation was what made it a monster. Stark's monster was born a monster while Frankenstein's monster developed into one. Its nature vs nurture.
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Post by hansoo on May 7, 2015 15:59:35 GMT
I related Frankenstein to Beowulf's Grendel because they share lots of similar character traits such as isolation and oppression from the society. This makes me wonder why do people fear the minority so much?
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Post by ameliachen80385 on May 8, 2015 1:27:38 GMT
I think I could relate my life to Frankenstein.In the story that we have read because Victor does not take his responsibilities so it makes lots of incidents.(I do not sure if the monster really killed Victor's family member or not since the monster looks nice and his personality is good) Sometimes,I do not take responsibility,either.Afterwards,it also caused lots of problems that I cannot deal with by myself.
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Post by dhiya on May 9, 2015 5:25:05 GMT
I could actually relate it to another movie: X men. In the first class sequel, the bad guy (Shaw) discovered Magneto (when he was young) and trained his superpower. When Magneto became grown up, he finally got to courage to run away because Shaw was only using him for sth bad. Magneto hated Shaw so much for doing this to him (he also killed his mother) so he tracked him the down to kill him. There's this scene where he says: "I'm looking for my creator" just like the monster in Frankenstein.
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Post by bachle on May 9, 2015 14:09:35 GMT
I can connect the theme of loneliness and responsibility to the movie "Ted". John and Victor are both lonely and hope to get a friend. In different way, they both get one but the ways John and Victor treat their new friend are different. While John takes care of Ted, Victor abandons Frankenstein that the result of their actions are opposite as well.
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Post by lukejoo on May 10, 2015 11:08:40 GMT
I think I can relate myself to how Victor immediately turned away from the very creation he so longed to create. Victor was so ambitious, so mesmerized by the idea to create life. He couldn't get if off of his mind and stop thinking about it day and night until he succeeded. But right after his completion, he was horrified by it to realize how terrifying it was. I can relate this to how I once saved up my money to buy a nice set of headphones. I kept on thinking of how awesome it is and how I so truly want it, but soon after I finally bought it, I was disappointed by how fast I got used to it, got bored by it.
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Post by elisalee on May 10, 2015 11:19:54 GMT
I can connect Frankenstein to the Greek mythology story Prometheus. In both stories, there exist intertextuality. Intertextuality is a concept in which an author of a literary work will incorporate concepts or direct quotes from another literary work. In the case of Frankenstein, Mary Shelly includes concepts and follows the basic principles of the story of Prometheus. The story of Victor has been labeled as the "Modern Prometheus" for its striking similarities to Mary Shelly's creation.
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Post by danielkim on May 10, 2015 13:15:58 GMT
In chapter 3 and 9, Victor had to hide his sadness after his family members died. For this reason, I can connect these sections with Hamlet because Claudius ordered Hamlet to stop mourning for King Hamlet’s death because it looked unmanly. Contrary to Hamlet, women had to restrain from mourning and the reasons are different. “but is it not a duty to the survivors that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an appearance of immoderate grief?”
“excessive sorrow prevents improvement or enjoyment, or even the discharge of daily usefulness, without which no man is fit for society”
(Alphonse Frankenstein, Chapter 9) Another similarity is that Victor disagrees his father’s advice, just like Hamlet. “This advice, although good, was totally inapplicable to my case; I should have been the first to hide my grief and console my friends if remorse had not mingled its bitterness, and terror its alarm, with my other sensations”(Chapter 9) |
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