Victor Frankenstein: A Comparison between Mary Shelley's and Guillermo del Toro's version

Описание: Is Victor Frankenstein a selfish, evil madman or a naive but genius student? In this video, I analyse and compare the depiction of Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's novel from 1818 and Guillermo del Toro's movie adaptation from 2025.

I explore three key stages of his life: his childhood, his education and studies, and the creation of his creature. Using screenshots of selected scenes from Guillermo del Toro’s 2025 film adaptation (because youtube doesn't allow me showing specific scenes despite the fair use rule), I analyse how these stages are portrayed and compare them to the depiction in Mary Shelley’s original novel. Finally, I examine whether Victor can be seen as a Modern Prometheus in both versions.
I hope you enjoy the video!

You can watch the uncensored version with the clips from the movie here: https://spectra.video/w/oBPynWNHQYPKH...

My other videos through my playlists:

Fantasy & Science Fiction:    • Fantasy & Science Fiction Literature  

Gothic & Romantic Literature:    • Gothic & Romantic Literature  

Literary Theory:    • Literary Theory  

Japanese Literature:    • Japanese Literature  

About this channel
I am Laura, a PhD student of Comparative Literature in Germany. I make videos on gothic literature, classic literature such as the origins of modern fantasy and sci-fi stories in ancient and medieval times and sometimes videos on literary theory.

Video chapters
0:00 Intro
1:08 Welcome & Video Structure
2:00 Disclaimer on Missing Scenes from the Movie
3:40 Victor's Childhood
8:00 Victor's Education
19:20 The Creation Scene
26:20 Further Developments in Novel and Movie
29:50 A Modern Prometheus?
34:03 Full Comparison
39:04 Outro

Sources:
Screenshots taken from the movie "Frankenstein" by Guillermo del Toro
Quotes by the 1818 edition of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein"


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