Bailey Gass, Courtney Cheney, Carly Larson, Jon Wallace

Literature: The Return of Frankenstein by: Edward Field 

In this poem he did not wish for them to feel such hatred towards him. He then understood that all they really wanted to do was, in fact, be rid of him. His once soft heart had been hardened by their betrayal; he now shared their hatred. Fighting the urge to turn into what they thought he was, but failing, due to their misjudgment. He turned toward his last option, to become that monster. He was now in charge of his own destiny and he intended for justice to be served. They would live in terror, in fear, of the monster they had created.

The Return of Frankenstein

He didn't die in the whirlpool by the mill
where he had fallen in after a wild chase
by all the people of the town. Somehow he clung to an overhanging rock
until the villagers went away.
And when he came out, he was changed forever,
that soft heart of his had hardened
and he really was a monster now.
He was out to pay them back,
to throw the lie of brotherly love
in their white Christian teeth.
Wasn't his flesh human flesh
even made from the bodies of criminals,
the worst the Baron could find?
But love is not necessarily implicit in human flesh:
Their hatred was now his hatred,
so he set out on his new career
his previous one being the victim,
the good man who suffers.
Now no longer the hunted but the hunter
he was in charge of his destiny
and knew how to be cold and clever,
preserving barely a spark of memory
for the old blind musician
who once took him in and offered brotherhood.
His idea -- if his career now had an idea --
was to kill them all,
keep them in terror anyway,
let them feel hunted.
Then perhaps they would look at others
with a little pity and love.
Only a suffering people have any virtue.

Music: Music choice: Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Ray

When age they are no longer young or beautiful. They look old, wrinkly, and basically just not very attractive. Although Frankenstein was not young or beautiful to begin with, he does not feel any love and never has just as the artist in this song is questioning. In this song that artist wants to know if when she is no longer young or beautiful, will anyone still love her? The answer is no; as shown in the book Frankenstein.


Art: Lazarus Rising: Ron English

This picture portrays the way that Frankenstein's monster was constructed and the inhumanity of it. This picture makes him seem more like a machine rather that a living creature. The artist portrayed the horror of it all very well because he has put random body parts around the picture. The head in the picture is also very scary because of its expression and the way you can see all of its internal anatomy. He made his art into a sort of collage which is good because the monster is a collage of many different people.





  
Similarities:

The similarities in all of the parts are all based on the fact that Frankenstein was trying to be normal and trying to fit in. However as he is not human and he looks old he receives no love and is hated throughout the lands. This is really sad as he really just wants to fit in. Society has its way of making it extremely difficult for anyone that is not "normal" to fit in and join in on society. The art style also shows that he is a very inhuman creation and is more of a machine than a creature. These pieces also show how societies cruelness the constant belligerence of the people to try and provoke the creature into being a monster as to prove their points and ridicule him of his outbursts of anger.