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Paradise Lost In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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In Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, the monster’s persuasive use of the allusion to Paradise Lost in his feeble attempt to convince Victor to create his Eve is overshadowed by the fate of the Pursued Protagonist. When Victor and his creation first meet on the cold confinements of the Glacier, the monster expresses his eternal hatred and vengeance towards mankind. He believes “I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom the driest from joy for no misdeed... I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend”(Shelley 87). The monster wants so badly to be Adam, loved by his creator God, and yet he resorts to the methods of Satan. He carries this misery and hatred because “You my creator, would tear me to pieces and

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