Name: Jayti Rudreshkumar ThakarPaper no. 5 Romantic literatureTopic:-Comparison between Frankenstein and Robot MovieRoll No. 34M.K. Bhavnagar University.

Romantic Literature

Comparison between Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein and Robot Movie by Rajnikant

Introduction

Author: Mary Shelly.Published: 1880Genre: Gothic Novel, Horror

Fiction, Science Fiction.

Mary Shelly 30 Aug, 1797 in London.• Young well- educated woman.• Travelled with her lover to Swiss Alps.• Unseasonable rain trapped them inside their lodgings.• Entertain themselves by reading ghost stories. • Renowned poet Lord Byron their neighbor and friend

was there too.• competing- who write the best horror story?• Lady won the price.• The story she wrote was none other but the

“Frankenstein”, which became best seller in her time.

Victor Frankenstein

• The protagonist of the novel.

• Was a scientist.

• Creates a creature out of old body parts.

• In climatic night he gave life to his creation.

• He himself afraid by his own creation after glance upon it.

• The monstrosity which he created horrifies that sight.

Monster

• Evillious look.

• Horror appearance.

• Not accepted by the society.

• Appearance crisis.

• The feeling of ‘having one as a companion’ raises into monster.

• “the one who can accept me the way I am.”

• Desire for having family.

• Demands for Lady (female) monster.

• Make convince victor to create a female monster by his authentic arguments.

• Soon victor realizes the future disasters which would happen if this is going to be create.

• He destroys the lady monster.• Monster becomes angry.• Come up to take a revenge of this.• He killed Victor’s brother, adopted sister and his

beloved and wife Elizabeth.• At last, his cried upon his master’s death was

showing his attachment with him. Then he left for the wood forever.

Written by: S. Sankar, Sujata

Rangrajan, Madhan Karkey

Directed By: -S. Sankar

Language: TamilRelease date: 1st oct,

2010.

Vashikaran- hero of the movie.

• A scientist.

• Creates a Robot, named “Chitti”.

• Given similar look as of his Master Vshikaran.

• No appearance crisis found here.

• Smart, good looking personality.

• Easily accepted by the people.

• Whose software is upgraded to give it the ability to comprehend and exhibit human emotions.

• The project backfires when the robot falls in love with the scientist’s girlfriend.

• And is manipulated by rival scientist into becoming homicidal.

• Here, we find happy ending.• Robot at last controlled by the scientist.• And is put into the museum then forever.• And vashikaran finally get married to his

beloved Sanna.

Similarities-

‘Crave for having Family’. • In Frankenstein we find monster wants to have female

monster and wants to have a family.• In movie robot we also find that Chitti falls in love with

his master’s girlfriend. And now wants to marry her.Over- ambitiousness of masters creates the disasters.• Socio friendly creations becomes anti- social and anti-

human. Science proved anti- natural in both, Novel fiction and

Movie fiction.

Comparison with Milton’s Paradise Lost.

• Adam’s question to God was similar kind of question..

• “Did I request thee, maker, from my clay to mould me a man?”- Paradise lost.

• Similar kind of situation we find in Frankenstein and in movie Robot.

• Monster and the Robot both asks same questions to their masters.

• Masters Who tries to tie their creations with the

various threads.

• Creations Who tries to make themselves free from those

threads.

Resources:

• Spark notes.• Wikipedia.

Thank You and Farewell

Summing Up…

• “Creation should be there out of your brain Into the real world, but not Smarter than You.”