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The Monster Meets the Blind Man.
Jarrett Button

      In the bride of Frankenstein its not surprising that the only people whom friend the monster are a sick twisted scientist and an old blind man. The old blind man shows that the monster isn’t an awful killing machine that wants to run rampant through town, no, he shows that the monster is just a lonely and afraid soul like him.  Throughout the movie the monster constantly plays the role of the foreigner. He is cast into our world without the slightest idea of what’s happening, just as someone who is brought to an unknown country would feel.

      As the monster is running through the woods he is lured to a cabin by the sound of beautiful music. Inside he meets an old blind man who he befriends. The way the old man treats the monster, showing him different things, and teaching him to speak, are all deciding factors that show the monster in the light of the foreigner. As they both sit down at the table the old man teaches him what different items are called, and what to do with them. He even helps the monster with some of his grammar. The monster exclaims how he thinks that fire is “no good”, rubbing the burns he had recently received. The old blind man corrects him and tells him what the proper way to say it would be. The way the man helps him with the customs like smoking, drinking and how to speak correctly all prove that the monster represents the foreigner.

      The scene where he stumbles into the blind mans home is also quite ironic. One of the only people in the whole movie to befriend the monster can’t even see that he’s the monster.  Because of this the blind man and the monster actually develop a sort of symbiotic relationship with one another, being that the old man gets company out in the woods and the monster gets food, protection and affection. The friendship aspect of the scene is also carried throughout the whole movie. In almost every scene the monster walks up on someone jus wanting some food or a friend, and every time the people scream and run. This is why the blind man is so significant for the monster. When the hermit says, “Before you came I was all alone, it is bad to be alone. “ the monster, with a sullen face agrees, “alone bad. Friend good.” they then shake hands, a gesture the monster learned from the old man. They were both just lonely souls looking for company and when the hunters come along all of it comes to an end, just like the monsters life.