"Many times I considered Satan as a fitting emblem of my condition."- The Monster
"Like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell."-Frankenstein
Both the monster and Victor can be related to Satan in Paradise Lost. Victor goes against Gods plan and is punished for his arrogance and thirst for forbidden knowledge. He attempts to take over Gods role as creator and is backfires on his violently. Many Romantics of Shelleys time considered Satan as some sort of Hero, but Mary does not present Victor in a particularly positive light. Instead, he destorys his own family and releases onto the world monstrous fantasies.
Similarly, the monster himself considers himself to be Satan, outcast and different from everyone else, and is refused access to the rest of the glorious world of affection and love. However, what makes Satan and the monster different is that this rejection is initally through no fault of the monsters own, whereas Satans casting from Heaven occurs because he betrays God. Satan is also like Adam, in that he was never asked to be created, and he also foud himself withouta partner. Adam is like what the creature would have been like, had he not been rejected by Victor, his God.
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