Frankenstein by Mary Shelley had one of the biggest hits in history and up to present day schools around the world are still reading this book. The book, on its own has a mysterious and dark feel to it but is also very intriguing and includes many different characters which are also incorporated into the movie except a few. The movie includes the main characters Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein and Elizabeth. Victor Frankenstein played by Kenneth Branagh who is also the director of the movie, Frankenstein by Robert De Niro, and Elizabeth Lavenza by Helena Bonham Carter.

The movie, compared to the book, contains many differences. In the book we’re told that Victors mother died when she went into the room in which Victors adopted sister Elizabeth laid near death from scarlet fever and healed her, in which she then got the sickness and became weak and died. In the movie we’re told that she died giving childbirth. In the book it said that Elizabeth died from the monster strangling her on her wedding night while Victor was away making sure the monster was no where near their room. In the movie it showed that Elizabeth died because the monster snuck into their room and when he heard Victor coming back, he ripped her heart out. Another big change in the film and novel was the whole trial with Justine and the murder of William. In the novel were told that Justine was found in a barn sleeping with the necklace found in her pocket. She was then given a trial in which she was found guilty for killing William and was executed. In the film once they found the necklace William immediately the townspeople took her and hung her in front of the whole town.

In conclusion, I prefer the movie to go right along with the book because it would have been better how it says in the book then depicts it in the movie. The cuts or changes that they made because of budget problems but a lot more effort should have been put into making this movie better. In my opinion, this is how I feel about the movie compared to the book. The little details shown in the film and the novel are very different from each other. Although they have the same plot and meaning as each other, the movie misses out on details included in the book such as the strong connection between Victor and his mother, Henry’s death and Victor being accused of his death as well as Victor creating the monster a companion and the anger the monster had towards him. Another big part I feel they missed was the monster confession to Victor how alone he felt and how hated he was just because he didn’t look a certain way. Overall I feel the little details they didn’t include or changed some of the scenarios was disappointing to me and from what i expected.