Monster Emotions In Paradise Lost

The monster acknowledges that his environment directly affected his behavior and personality. Growing and learning around the cottagers caused him to develop into a kind, caring, and helpful being. In contrast, the monster expresses that if he had learned to behave and act around someone such as a soldier, he wouldn't be the same. Upon the disappointed encounter with Felix, Agatha, and Safie, the monster no longer behaves the same. He expresses this when he says, “There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist me; and should I feel kindness towards my enemies? No: from that moment I declared everlasting war against the species, and… sent me forth to this insupportable misery,” (Shelley 124). He is now hateful, rather than the trusting creature he once was. His environment and experiences have led him to alter his personality and perspective to suit the increasingly disappointment nature of his life.

The monster gains our sympathy from the telling of his perspective. His personal story reveals his own suffering and rejection. This monster has not been given a name, so already he must feel like he does not belong. To have a name means you have a sense of identity, and because the creature does not have this he will feel lost and rejected. When he is abandoned by Victor and the villagers, he weeps in despair, which shows he has feelings. When he sees what we see, that he is a monster, upon looking at his reflection he was ‘filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence

Mary Bysshe Shelley, the writer of Frankenstein, used lots of different Allusions to common text from the time to help readers understand relationships between Victor and his creature as well as Victor’s motivation for creating the creature. Shelley uses allusions to Paradise Lost to help the reader understand the relationship between Victor Frankenstein and his creature. Paradise Lost discusses the relationship between God and Adam as well as Satan and God and how he treats them as their creator. The relationship between the creature and Frankenstein can be described as a mix between the 2 relationships discussed in Paradise Lost. The creature sees himself as Adam because he was created in his creator’s own image and made to be a creation of man.

The creature begins to find knowledge in the poem of Paradise Lost, a story about the legendary fall of Adam and Eve introducing the knowledge of good and evil into a previously perfect world. In one split second sin was birthed, and the perfection of the earth was swept away, leaving anguish and iniquity in its ramification. When the creature gets this novel he begins to more understand that Gods creations are natural things on this earth, and he, who is made by man, is not. “He had come forth from the hands of God a perfect creature, happy and prosperous, guarded by the special care of his Creator; he was allowed to converse with and acquire knowledge from beings of a superior nature, but I was wretched, helpless, and alone” (Shelly 116). Frankenstein can be compared to both God and Satan in this case because like God, he created the monster and gave him direction and attempted to love him. However, like Satan he was warned of the precautions and possible issues of creating an unknown and frightening creature. The characters in Frankenstein are a resemblance of the characters in Paradise Lost. Frankenstein could possibly mirror Eve in the Garden of Eden in that they would do whatever it takes to be able to know about everything in existence. While, the creature matches with Satan because they both wanted to break free from their creators and receive a chance at their own decisions.

There are differences and similarities in the creation story of Adam and Victor’s creature. Victor Frankenstein and God created beings and put them in the world. Adam and the creature Victor Frankenstein created resembles each other because, they were alone, unique, and beings created. The creation of Frankenstein’s monster parallels the creation of Adam in many ways. First of all, both Adam and the monster were created because of love. God loved the world and He thought that he needs to create a human being who was to take care of the beautiful earth. The bible says that, God loved humanity and that is why he created man (Adam) in His image and put him in the Garden of Eden which had everything he needed (Gen. 2:7-9). Adam was placed in the Garden of Eden and warned not to eat from “Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil". On the other hand, Victor was a human

Each of these books speed up the creature’s knowledge and understanding of human nature and society. For example, The Sorrow of Young Werther teaches the creature the power of emotion and compassionate and understanding of others. Also Plutarch’s lives novel enlightens him what is righteousness and ethics. Among the books, Milton’s Paradise Lost has brought to light on his deeper feeling and teach him humanity. " Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence; but his state was far different from mine in every other respect… , but I was wretched, helpless, and alone.”The creature learns that the meaning of having relationship with his creator from this book. Moreover, the story of God and Adam teaches him how his creator should treat him but he is unfairly treated and abandoned by Victor. The key point is that the creature finally seeing the truth of his existence and find out he is unique living thing which is far different from human. “This powerful account of how Paradise Lost made the monster feel strongly supports the notion that the monster was indeed alone in the world” I agree with that saying because Paradise Lost builds his belief that he has anyone to depend on and has to lives in disappointment and isolation after understanding of his creature disowned

Due to Victor’s failure to take responsibility of the monster and take care of him despite his needs, the monster fails to acquire the basic virtue of hope. The monster develops a sense of mistrust and fear with no confidence with the world around him. The monster may develop anxiety and heightened insecurities.

“I can hardly describe to you the effect of these books. They produced in me an infinity of new images and feelings…” (Shelley 54). As he reads the books he found, he begins to compare his life and himself with others, and shapes his opinion and point of view of himself, since now he wants to be accepted for who he really is, because he knows that mankind rejects him. He feels lonely and miserable, and what he most want in life is a female companion. “You must create a female for me with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being” (Shelley 63). The monster feels that he is miserable because mankind hate him, and that is what make him malicious. It is possible that the monster would actually fulfill his promise and leave humankind in peace. We can assume that he has the potential for good as well as evil. As he is being aware of life by reading “Paradise Lost,” he compares himself to Adam, because he was left alone on earth by his creator, and also to Satan, because humans are afraid of him, and he is threatening and

The monster is in need of help from his creator, for he is new to the world and does not know anything about living yet, but instead, he has nobody and is forced to figure life out by himself. Readers understand the monster’s emotion because he says “I sat down and wept”. By understanding his emotion, it will cause readers to feel sympathy for him. This also proves one of the larger themes of the novel, that people should treat others with empathy, because as his creator, Frankenstein should have been able to understand and share his feelings, for he was often alone and left to teach and fend for himself during his studies. Frankenstein’s reject to his creation is what caused the monster to feel so alone, and ultimately, what led to both of their destructions.

This innocence allows Adam and Eve to live in the Garden of Eden, free from all conflict under the condition that they follow the only rule God gave them. This rule was to simply stay away from the tree of knowledge. However, Satan came to Eve in the form of a snake and tempted her to eat from the tree knowledge. This tree grants the consumer knowledge and curiosity, which negates the innocence Eve once held. Adam, learning of this, is quite furious, yet he eats the apple as well. The apple granted the two beings the ability to know of lust, shame, and mutual distrust. Their punishment would be banishment from the garden, pregnancy for Eve, and labor work for Adam. Hence the title, Paradise Lost, meaning the simple and gracious life they lead has crumbled due to their actions. With this, we are able to connect the monster to Adam. The quote “I am thy creature: I ought to be thy Adam” (66) is said to Victor by the creature when they encounter each other atop Mont Blanc. This quote essentially explains how the monster began as an innocent creature knowing nothing, much like Adam, and suffers considerably as he discovers how people view him. He is a monster, a symbol of terror to the human race. As readers go further into the book, they learn that the monster reads Paradise Lost

Both stories feature a very intelligent person trying to play God through the creation of life. Both of the creatures were subsequently mistreated by their maker and society as a whole. In both stories, the audience is left feeling greater sympathy for the monster than for the creator.

In the book Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, the author uses allusion to show the parallels and differences between the Old Testament story of God and Adam to Frankenstein and the creature. Shelley uses the allusion to establish that when actions are made impetuously ghastly consequences follow. As creators of creatures, both God and Frankenstein are similar in the aspects of being seen as parental figures to their creations. Also, Adam and the creature are comparable because they are both the first of their kind and of their initial innocence.

In Frankenstein, Shelley shows that the creature that Victor Frankenstein creates resembles Adam in that they are unique, alone and isolated. The situation which the creature Frankenstein creates finds himself similar to the character of Adam, the first human being. Adam was banished from the Garden of Eden, but God never left him and heard this words which Frankenstein shouted at his creation: "abhorred monster! Fiend that thou art"(83). Adam is created with giving intentions, and is not punished by God until he does wrong.

Within these novels these characters are rejected from society due to their appearance,and labeled outsiders. The Creature from the novel Frankenstein is abandoned by his creator Victor Frankenstein due to his deformities, because of this he is forced to navigate himself through a completely new world. Because of this, he is forced to live in isolation and his self hate grows as he reads the poem “Paradise Lost”,”Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?” (Cross 119). As shown above The Creature is deeply affected from the isolation he experiences and commences to understand the reason he is rejected from society. This understanding further augmentation his self-hate and the feeling of

The fiend read Paradise Lost as a true history of the world, which causes the monster deep sorrow as he believes that he is one of the fallen angels and that is why he is ugly/distasteful to be looked upon. The monster also compares himself to Adam. His reasoning behind their similarities is that, like Adam, they were “untied by no link to any other being in existence.” The monster is saying that he and Adam aren’t like anything else on the planet at their time. He also draws a juxtaposition to Adam and himself.