Comparison

between the monster and Satan

Satan had all the advantages; the monster had none.

Satan was not shunned and hated Satan was clothed in light, the monster suffered from cold in the dews
(Shelley 125) just sinned to set of the night (Shelley 87) dismal clothes = symbol of his exclusion from
all humanity F rankenstein would tear [him] to pieces (125) the
himself in glory (Milton 1.39)
monster had no one; S atan had it all.
Yet the monster had own equivalent of Heaven and good benevolence and generosity were ever present
before me(109). Both he and S atan y earn to have a paradise lost to them.
Consideration of repentance:
How soon unsay/What feigned submission swore(Milton 4.94-95).
- knows he cannot truly regret he considers repentance only to regain his former glory, not due to any real remorse.
The monster claims he will be content and harmless though not happy with a female (126).
Both hate their creators, both act against the vulnerable and innocent their creators love.
Satan destroys the Simplicity and spotless innocence of humanity to spite God (Milton 4.316).
The monsters words: you belong then to whom I have sworn eternal revenge; y ou shall
be my first victim(Shelley 122).

Both s uffer in a way others must n ot ( in their view) even in p ursuing vengeance they are not h appy
Neither has reason t o hope for a Evil thenceforth became my
change hope never comes/That
good(184) parallels Satans
comes to all in Hell (Milton I.66-
67)? and t he monster w onders order to out of g ood still to find
where w ere my friends and
means of evil(Milton 1.165)
relations (Shelley 102)?

Both are Vaunting aloud,

but racked with deep
despair (Milton 1.126)
the monster was not dead
to agony(Shelley 183).

Comparison between F rankenstein and Satan

Their falls from grace

Both lost seemingly wonderful lives both have been v iewed as above their peers (Frankenstein intellectually,
Satan in himself) and payed for believing too much in their superiority.
- how fallen! how changed (Milton 1.84).
- Frankenstein described as so noble a creature destroyed by misery (22).
- No one could have passed a happier childhood than [Frankenstein] (30).
- Lucifer was once: brighter once amidst the host/ O f angels, than that star the stars among (Milton 7.132-33).
Making their own Hells
Their own arrogance and desire to rise above God caused their downfalls.
- A new species would bless me as its creator and source (Shelley 44). F rankensteins
setting himself up as a god, trying to be a god/to supplant Him.
- Satan rose Against the throne and monarchy of God (Milton 1.42) both challenging the
established order, prompting their falls.
Their own thoughts plague them and in themselves are Hell.
- horror and doubt distract/ [Satans] troubled thoughts, and from the bottom stir/ The Hell
within him; for within him Hell/ He brings (Milton 4.18-21).
- I [Frankenstein], bore a hell within me (Shelley 72). this parallels not only S atan but also
the monster, who also uses these exact words later.

Comparison between the monster and Adam

Both seek a similar creature for companionship and happiness:
- I demand a creature of another sex, but as - In solitude w hat happiness, w ho can enjoy
hideous as m yself ( p. 126)
alone ( VIII, 365)
- Our lives w ill be...free from the m isery I - Among unequals what society/Can sort, w hat
now feel ( p.126)
harmony or true delight? ( VIII, 383-4)
Both prove that the desire for acceptance and love is a powerful m otivator:
Adam fell from Eden because of his as the creature turned evil due to a
love for and companionship w ith Eve... lack of love from m ankind:
- If death consort w ith thee, death is - surely the gentle ass deserved
better treatment than blows ( p. 97)
to m e as life ( IX, 953-4)
Both exemplify humanitys need for faith: Adam can keep loving and be
Creature is disillusioned w hen he sees his loved by his creator:
- God even says their fall was not
master holds no love for him:
- My creator, m ake m e be happy ... Let m e entirely a bad thing, because i t
made things so that he may
see that I excite the sympathy ( p. 126)
assert eternal Providence (I, 2 5)

Comparison between F rankenstein and God

Whereas G od w ished to be loved by his creature, F rankenstein does not:
Because he knows a frightful fiend/ Doth close behind him tread
(Coleridges Ancient Mariner) ( 49) refer to m onster as fiend
Both controlled the fate, at least partially, of their creatures:
Frankenstein determined the abhorrent physical traits of the m onster that
determined its later suffering
God constantly tries his creatures; he w ants
No m ortal could support the
them to use their free w ill to choose his
horror of that countenance (48)
virtuous side, instead of the side of S atan:
God is almighty ( Man lives in light created by G od) where F rankenstein is not ( he lives in
shadow created by his creature):
God m ade m an not out of need, but out of love, so the creation of m an is his primary cause
Frankenstein is not God, he is only playing G od; m an is a G od-created creature w hereas the
monster is a m an-made creature:
You are m y creator, but I am your master;- obey! ( 143)

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