I just noticed the pile of boots in the foreground from the dead soldiers, all discarded in Victor's efforts to bring new life, a new life which now exists in the Creature. And the juxtaposition of Elizabeth in awe of the Creature all while he, too, has been discarded in the same place as the boots...oh, Guillermo Del Toro.
#but i also can't help but think of auschwitz and the boots there#it's an inescapable image when you see a pile of shoes like this#not sure if THAT was del toro's intention but it grimly fits in some ways @muirin007 I do think this is intentional. It also shows that Victor could have clothed the creature better but chose not to. Somewhere in that pile is a pair of boots which fit the creature's feet perfectly, but he doesn't get to have that.
@winter-wise Uggghhhhhh you're RIGHT, all those shoes and the comfort just within reach (including Victor, if he chose to give it)...OH, DEL TORO!
Guillermo del Toro used the imagery of discarded shoes before, in Pan's Labyrinth, which is even a movie explicitly taking place during the second world war. This is very intentional.
