The purpose of this study is to examine cinema's metaphoric representation of disability within t... more The purpose of this study is to examine cinema's metaphoric representation of disability within the horror genre. By using James Whale's Frankenstein as an example, this paper examines the conventional characteristics of what constitutes disability, both physically and mentally, through the Monster. Francis Galton's eugenics theory is a conspiracy that could be argued in this paper, specifically how its survival of the fittest concept becomes a subtext in the narrative and that the film, through the Monster's misnomers and misconducts, reflect a negative representation of disability.
The purpose of this study is to examine cinema's metaphoric representation of disability within t... more The purpose of this study is to examine cinema's metaphoric representation of disability within the horror genre. By using James Whale's Frankenstein as an example, this paper examines the conventional characteristics of what constitutes disability, both physically and mentally, through the Monster. Francis Galton's eugenics theory is a conspiracy that could be argued in this paper, specifically how its survival of the fittest concept becomes a subtext in the narrative and that the film, through the Monster's misnomers and misconducts, reflect a negative representation of disability.
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