Monster's loneliness

Nestor 2021-12-30 17:17:18

At nine o'clock there is an article that has been pushed for a long time: loneliness is the best punishment for you. This sentence is fully applicable to Will and Clayton: one is exiled from the world because of a distinctive "orientation", the other is due to a temporary diaosi situation and psychological immaturity. It's just that the latter can return to the world of "ordinary people" over time, while the former can only be kept outside the door of the living forever-according to the housekeeper's point of view, even outside the door of God.

So, what about Frankenstein and his monster? Lonely scientist, lonely Frankenstein. Only blind people will treat it as a friend. The innocent and innocent girl is also very friendly to it, but it will inevitably become the object of unintentional harm. So many people have been punished by loneliness, but when the bride, who was also pieced together from the corpse, screamed in fear, the cruelty of this punishment reached the point where it was so cruel—even your kind could not accept you. Even the person you've been looking forward to can't face you.

It was also at that moment that a deep and painful expression appeared on Will's face: he knew it, of course he knew it.

So he has been avoiding and controlling his own demons. It should be said that the love veteran is still very familiar. When Clayton refused to paint for the first time, he immediately noticed that the situation was different; then he quickly admitted his own orientation and maintained the trust of the other party with a calm attitude; later, he dispelled the other party's concerns (you are so strong and I am so old) , The lost ground was regained in a few words. However, this kind of old romantic cunning is actually proved to be deceived in the end: facing such a young and strong life, oldness, loneliness and sleeping pills will inevitably fall out of defense. Even a monster longs for partners and friends, not to mention that he has been alone for a whole life: the family that is incompatible with him, the war that took away his lover, the lover who is drifting away from himself, and the one who spurned and forgotten him world.

He needs someone to talk, but of course he can't be the so-called savvy fan. People who are willing to take off their clothes in exchange for the secrets of others are certainly unreliable. He would rather be a dull, clumsy soldier, with a square head and confused eyes like his previous creation, and would not hide his disgust in order to please him. In the same way, when he was attracted by the old man's weirdness, he would not conceal his curiosity and sympathy. The tragedy is that this kind of sincerity will only contribute to his degeneration at this time, allowing him to absorb the last bit of self-deception in the illusory hope, and then declare surrender to the heart demon.

It was not that he was struggling-until the night of the monsters came, he could still see the vision of his lover. That is the "god" part of his "sin". But in this situation, the "god" has become an excuse to defend the "beast". He knew very well that the "God" was gone, and everything that belonged to the spiritual level: art, creation, and thought disappeared. All that is left is the aging body, which is very empty and lonely, and desperately needs the satisfaction of the "beast". Finally forced him to make a desperate move: either satisfaction or death.

Anyway, monsters shouldn't live in this world. Everyone will say to it: This is the best punishment for you. It can be buried later. As for pain, who has never suffered? Who can say that the suffering of monsters must be more valuable than ordinary people's? He knew, so he tried his best to maintain the dignity of a monster: "Let this too strong flesh melt", before the years of torture distorted it even more unbearably.

If so: love death, hate life. All because life is only the shadow under this punishment.

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  • Evangeline 2022-03-23 09:02:52

    Um: Isn't the spiritual core of Frankenstein the loneliness and sadness of being a stranger? "Monster" is nothing but a collection of what people fear in their hearts. It will eventually be dissolved with the adaptation to fear, while loneliness is a transcendent existence above it, the most essential of human beings. 's demands. And, the eternal destiny.

  • Newell 2022-03-21 09:02:51

    The rather ordinary old age interspersed with reminiscences of the Golden Age biographies would have been special for James Weir, the father of Frankenstein. However, the film focuses more on his personal life. Although it touches on the contradiction between the gods and the beasts, it does not resonate emotionally.

Gods and Monsters quotes

  • Betty: Sounds screwy to me. I can't imagine a real artist wanting to spend time looking at that kisser.

    Clayton Boone: Oh, yeah? Well, this kisser wasn't so bad that you couldn't lay under it a couple of times.

  • Betty: I bet he's some fruit just pretending to be famous so that he can get in the big guy's pants.

    Clayton Boone: What makes you say that?

    Betty: Just thinking out loud.

    Clayton Boone: Well, why don't you just keep your dirty thoughts to yourself?

    Betty: Alright then, he's interested in you for your conversation. We all know what a great talker you are.

    Clayton Boone: Fuck you.

    Betty: Not anymore you don't.