Old and Young Frankenstein One thing that really interested me about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was the treatment the creature received from Frankenstein and the other people around him. I often wonder how things would have turned out if he had been treated with a little humanism and compassion, especially by his creator. What if Frankenstein had taken on the responsibility of parenting the creature and created him with a little humanism and kindness? Would the creature swear such vengeance and kill everyone Victor cared about? I will use the 1974 film Young Frankenstein to show what happened when the creature, created this time by Victor's nephew Frederick, received better treatment. Although the film is intended to be a parody of all the films based on the novel, there are more serious aspects underlying this humor, one of which is the interest in how the creature is regarded. The first step is to make a comparison between the film and the novel film, and watch the 1931 film version, since the humor in Young Frankenstein seems to be a great parody of that film. The Frankenstein in this film version is Frederick, Victor's nephew, who teaches neurosurgery in New York. He receives news of his grandfather's will and sets out for Transylvania to reclaim his ancestral property, finding his grandfather's plans for building a creature there. The plot is very loosely based on Shelley's Frankenstein model, but continued into the twentieth century with a different generation. Of course, looking at the novel, it seems completely impossible that Victor could have had a... middle of paper... real times, at the risk of his own life, as most parents would. for their children. Victor from Shelley's novel never even considered the creature to be a human and showed no responsibility towards the creature. This creature felt unloved by his father and plotted revenge on Victor, taking away his family, a family the creature could never experience. This comparison shows how if Victor had once considered the creature's feelings, everything could have gone very differently. Cited Alpert, Hollis. "Comedy: The New King." Saturday Review World 2 November 1974: 52-3. "Blazing Brooks". Entertainment and TV. Time January 13, 1975: 56.Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. New York: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1992. Young Frankenstein. Dir. Mel Brooks. 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, 1974