Faculty of Design

Illustration

Allison Wallace

The Monster and The Doctor

The Monster and The Doctor presents a spin on the story of Frankenstein. Women are often still overlooked in their fields, not being seen as being capable of being smart or a dominant driving force. Furthermore women weren’t allowed to even go to school for a long time, only being seen as capable of keeping a home and making children. Creating a stereotype that women were meant to only be submissive, kind and gentle. This piece displays how women can be smart and make breakthroughs, by switching Doctor Frankenstein to a woman. Additionally, the monster is also switched to a woman showcasing how women don’t need to be gentle and meek, that they can be monstrous and scary. In this illustration, the doctor and the monster are having an intimate moment together to display how these two vastly different characters have more in common than they may realize, both of them doing the impossible in the era they are from.