Nadia Couselo Literature I Iulm Final Exam

SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN: FRANKESTEIN, by Mary Shelley Pygmalion, by Bernard Shaw

SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN:

THE CREATORS- SIMILARITIES

-They live for what they do being total failures when it comes to their private affairs. - Victor and Mr Higgins are both irresponsible, selfish and ambitious creators. They seek their personal interests.

-They live for what they do being total failures when it comes to their private affairs.

THE CREATORS- DIFFERENCES

-Victor was much more cruel and gets a worse revenge… the death of his beloved!!! - Both relationships have different endings; one ends in friendship… the other in death.

THE CREATURES- SIMILARITIES

-Both Eliza and the monster are outcasts and rebell against their creators -They reflect the concept of the NOBLE SAVAGE, and show better moral values than their masters

THE CREATURES- SIMILARITIES

They are outcasts for different reasons: Eliza due to her social class and the monster due to his appearance Eliza succeeds in finding someone who cares about her, the monster does not.

In the end, “ These are two different stories, set and written in different times, which deal with topics which are valid still today. This is the reason for their being classics”