In the film "Mary Shelly's Frankenstein" directed by Kenneth Branagh. The director uses many techniques such as characterization, symbolism, and cinematography to present a negative view of Victor Frankenstein. Branagh uses these techniques to reinforce that Victor is an obsessive, arrogant, and secretive scientist. This negative view of Victor's character is important because it reinforces the film's message that scientific exploration is dangerous when rushed and done in secret. In the film, Victor begins as a positive, intelligent and determined young man. Always hungry for knowledge as shown in the dialogue of "you were so hungry for knowledge, such a serious. Little boy" as Victor's mother says. This shows that Victor was truly hungry for knowledge and is willing to push science to the limits. By catching fire flies and putting them in a jar in order to continue acquiring the knowledge stored in writing. This shows Victor's true passion for knowledge and how he wants to make a difference in the world. But without knowing how his intelligence would lead him into a world of problems and sorrows. Kenneth Branagh portrays Victor as a negative character because he is "basically trying to play God" by recreating life. Victor's arrogance takes over by obscuring the true effects of his creation, willing to risk anything and everything to achieve his goal. An example of this could be in the beginning of the film where Captain Walton's ship collides with the iceberg, and his shipmate asks him "At the cost of how many more lives" and he arrogantly replies "as many as it will be necessary.” These two pieces of dialogue show that one man's arrogance can affect many good men around him. As he becomes more secretive and obsessed with creating Victor ...... middle of paper ...... he becomes careless, thoughtless and hasty. This also heightens the intensity of emotion as he realizes the abnormality of his actions, using the montage technique this creates excitement for the viewer but still expresses Victor's negative view as shown in the dialogue "What have I done?, what have I done?" I finished ? this gives off an ominous feeling from the creature as it will be in the victor's life forever. But it also gives the feeling that it is too late to stop and that he created the creature and is now running from it because he will not accept responsibility for his own actions that will cause him harm as well as 'to others around him. in the near future. In the film "Mary Shelly's Framkenstein" directed by Kenneth Branagh, Branagh uses the techniques of characterization, symbolism and cinematography to support the idea that the winner is a negative character..