Victor Frankenstein:
- This character was presented throughout the entire novel as an innocent boy who only wanted to bring his dog back to life. Of course, Victor was fascinated by science but also he wanted to use what he had learned to bring back his dog.
- As this contradicts of how viewers feel about the original Frankenstein; that the scientist was the real monster trying to bring back the dead. Whereas, in this adaptation; the viewers ultimately feel sympathy for Victor since all he wants is his dog back to life.
- This character does not fit into the idea of either Promethean or a Mad scientist since he does not wish to have power or to improve science.
- However, throughout the story, the other characters do believe that Victor was dangerous that he was able to bring back life. All the other characters were shocked by this experiment and immediately thought negative of it.
- In this adaptation, the viewers do not view Frankenstein as the monsters but the other children who try and duplicate his experiment. As other students tried to change their pets as well, which did create monsters. Therefore, the other students created the other monsters instead of Frankenstein himself.
Sparky:
- Throughout the entire plot of the story, the audience feels empathy for the dog as he is not creating any problems, as maybe the original creation might have.
- When Sparky came back to life, the tone was uplifting and heartwarming that Victor got his dog back. Victor was thrilled to have Sparky back in his life. Although, in the novel, Frankenstein is both disgusted and afraid of his creation.
- Also, all other characters in this adaptation reacted the same way in Mary Shelly's novel; disgust and scared. Then after Sparky saved Victor Frankenstein everyone realized that Sparky is harmless and is the same dog as he was before.
Extra Notes:
maybe Tim Burton made the children who tried to experiment for the purpose of science to create monsters because their goal was morally wrong. Whereas, Victor's goal was more acceptable.
