Topic > Analysis of Allusions to Paradise Lost - 1004

In the passage, Milton's book Paradise Lost was used as both an allusion and an intertext. Milton's interpretation of the Christian creation story triggered an existential crisis within the creature, leading him to question his "birth" and place in society. The excessive amount of references to Genesis presented in the few sentences includes the name of Adam, God and Satan and the use as a parallel to his situation. The creature sees itself as an allegory of Adam, as both are the first creation of their respective creators: Victor Frankenstein and God. Victor Frankenstein's ability to create and “birth” parallels him with God. On the other hand, Victor orphaned his "Adam" once he saw the incompleteness in his thought process and the flaws in his creation, God out of mercy made man beautiful and seductive, in his image, but my form is a dirty type than yours, more horrible even for the same resemblance. The creature modeled itself and its understanding of the world based on the book Paradise Lost, in which it captured the concept of avenging and punishing its creator by taking away significant others in the creator's life. Satan lured Adam and Eve out of Eden, and the creature killed his creator's family members one by one. Another similarity between the creature and Satan is that both are immensely jealous of the human race. It does not matter whether it is Adam, Satan or the creature, they are clearly the creation of a creator and this concept means that, one way or another, they do not have the same status as "good". When you examine the adjective the creature uses to describe Adam and himself, you may notice an interesting pattern. Adam was described as a “perfect creature,” “happy,” “prosperous,” “beautiful,” “alluring,” and “guided by the special care of his Creator”; all of which contradicts his self-representation. When talking about himself, he used a selection of negative words, such as calling himself “miserable, helpless and alone”, “solitary”, “detested” “your dirty type, more horrible just because of his resemblance”, “a monster” so horrible that even you turned your back on me in disgust." As mentioned in the previous paragraph, he was complimenting the beauty of his work when he noted that “in the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; he was breathing heavily and a convulsive movement agitated his limbs” (49). Instead of taking any action, he escapes the room and leads to the creature's escape, "fresh" into the world, without any guidance for it to live or a strong desire on Victor Frankenstein's part to bring it back. God built the Garden of Eden for Adam to live in, set rules and gave him the responsibility to shoulder them, where Frankenstein went to great lengths to avoid his creation simply because it is horrible, neglecting the humanity in him. Just as Adam was given Eve as a companion, the creature also desires a companion. “Satan had his companions, fellow devils, who admired and encouraged him; but I am solitary and detested” demonstrated his strong desire to no longer be a loner, an outcast. By decreasing the creature's need and demand for social interaction, it caused the creature to have the distorted view of the world inherited from the three series of books it read and led it to declare war on its creator, similar to what Satan and Lucifer did when they turned against . from God. From this it is obvious that Victor Frankenstein does not take responsibility towards his creation. In this