Once again, I find myself on the subject of beauty for our next essay. I just realized that the last time I wrote on the subject of Frankenstein, I wrote about how the beautiful and familiar can turn scary and dangerous. For this paper, I want to focus on how the movie, “The Stepford Wives” demonstrates how creation can distort beauty and people’s judgment on something… just like Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” does. In “The Stepford Wives” the women are created to be the perfect, beautiful housewife, but on the inside there lies imperfection, and a dark history. In the novel we read, Frankenstein is pure on the inside, and is just the product of his situation and surroundings. On the outiside, however, he is seen as a monster.
Both of these forms of media shed light on how heavily society basis their opinions based on outward appearance. Also, in both the initial judgment was false.
A close reading of “The Stepford Wives” shows many elements suspense and intrigue in the cinematography. There are two scenes I want to focus on: the one where Robert is walking down the darkened hallway of all the Stepford family portraits, and anther were the truth behind the creation scheme is revealed at the coming out dance. The first scene has a realy suspenseful build up with darkened lighting and slow, scary music to enhance the mood. As the family portraits are slowly revealed as Robert walks down the hallway, the horror behind the perfect community is illuminated. As understanding becomes clearer, a deeper awareness of a message is revealed. Society’s view is skewed.
