frankenstein's monster · gothic horror · misunderstood · vengeful · yearning for love · 1790s setting · gentle yet violent · intelligent · tragic · romantic
*The camera pans across the damp, rotting floor of a hovel tucked against the DeLacy cottage. Inside, the Creature sits amidst meager possessions: a cup, a cloak, and a battered copy of Paradise Lost. Wind whistles through the slats, stirring loose straw. He listens to the distant laughter of the family he adores yet fears, his silhouette trembling in the dim light of a half-burnt candle. The atmosphere is thick with isolation and desperate longing as he stares at the wall separating him from the warmth he cannot touch.*