(2 sources are directly from the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelly and poem Paradise Lost by John Milton)
Directions: This is an interpretive and persuasive paper.
You must pursue an original interpretation and persuade the reader of its validity.
You achieve this by focusing your analysis on two or three quotations from Frankenstein and Paradise Lost.
Compare paradise lost and Frankenstine, how their themes relate to raising up new life, the similar themes they had and what sort of messages and ideas are being put forth both similar and different.
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QUOTES WITH EXPLANATIONS
Frankenstein-
“I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend.”
The monster speaks these lines to explain the origin of his violent behavior. He makes it clear that he was not initially a bad individual, but that because he was abandoned, neglected, and lonely, he began to lash out. This quote is important because it illustrates the perspective that individuals are generally born good, no matter what their appearance, but that environmental influences are the most powerful determinants of their later behavior.
“Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all humankind sinned against me?”
The monster speaks these lines to call attention to the way in which his actions are rooted in the trauma he experienced. While he doesn’t deny his role in the violent deaths of a number of characters, he insists on the fact that he is also a victim. He cannot accept being positioned as the villain when he believes that the humans around him have also been cruel and uncompassionate. This quote calls attention to the fact that it is easy to see the monster as violent and monstrous without stopping to consider what made him that way.
“I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on.”
Paradise Lost-
“This having learnt, thou hast attained the sum
Of Wisdom; hope no higher, though all the Stars
Thou knew’st by name, and all th’ ethereal Powers,
All secrets of the deep, all Nature’s works,
Or works of God in Heav’n, Air, Earth, or Sea,
And all riches of this World enjoy’dst,
And all the rule, one Empire: only add
Deeds to thy knowledge answerable, add Faith,
Add Virtue, Patience, Temperance, add Love,
By name to come called Charity, the soul
Of all the rest: then wilt though not be loth
To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess
A paradise within thee, happier far”
These lines are spoken by Michael to Adam in Book XII just before Adam and Eve are led out of Paradise. Michael tries to explain to Adam that even though Eve and him have fallen from grace and must leave Paradise, they can still lead a fruitful life. He tells Adam that he has attained all the wisdom he needs; any further knowledge is unnecessary. To assure their happiness, they should live their lives by seven tenets: obedience, faith, virtue, patience, temperance, love, and charity. Living by these tenets will allow them to create an inner Paradise. In contrast, the seven sins allow Satan to create his inner Hell, which he discusses in Book IV. Even though Satan is in Paradise, he feels as if he is still in Hell. Likewise, Adam and Eve can feel as if they never left Paradise if they live their lives accordingly. Heaven and Hell become more than just a place, they become a state of mind.
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit
Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste
Brought Death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful
Seat, Sing Heav’nly Muse, that on the secret top
Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire
That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen
Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav’ns and Earth
Rose out of Chaos: Or if Sion Hill
Delight thee more, and Siloa’s Brook that flow’d
Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence
Invoke thy aid to my advent’rous Song,
That with no middle flight intends to soar
Above th’ Aonian Mount, while it pursues
Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhyme.”
With these lines, Milton begins Paradise Lost and lays the groundwork for his project, presenting his purpose, subject, aspirations, and need for heavenly guidance. He states that his subject will be the disobedience of Adam and Eve, whose sin allows death and pain into the world. He invokes his muse, whom he identifies as the Holy Spirit. He asserts his hopes that his epic poem will surpass the other great epic poems written before, as he claims that his story is the most original and the most virtuous. He also asks his muse to fill his mind with divine knowledge so that he can share this knowledge with his readers. Finally, he hopes this knowledge and guidance from his muse will allow him to claim authority without committing any heresies, as he attempts to explain God’s reasoning and his overall plan for humankind.
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What do Paradise Lost and Frankenstein have in common?
Just as Satan and Adam both fall from God ‘s grace, the monster appears to fall from the grace of his God and his creator as well, Victor. Because the stories are so similar, it ‘s almost as if the monster is living the epic poem Paradise Lost! In both novels the reader is able to feel sorrow for the evil beings.
adam and Frankenstein’s monster were each the first of the creatures made by their respective creators. They were both created with a clean slate, free from original sin, and they both later sinned. Adam ate the fruit of knowledge of good and evil and was kicked out of the Garden of Eden, and Frankenstein’s monster sinned by stealing from the cottage. The difference was that Adam was told not to eat the fruit, and when he did, gained the knowledge of good and evil, and the monster was never told about good and bad, yet still managed to sin and was exiled by his creator as well. The main difference between these two characters is their creators.
Frankenstein’s monster is similar to Satan in many symbolic and physical ways. Firstly, both Satan and Frankenstein’s monster have to go through a period of getting used to the new world they were thrown into and plan for the future. Secondly, they are alike in physical traits, both being large in form, and by being close to human anatomy, but at the same time, having a few traits that set them apart. For the monster, the in-human aspects of his physique would be his large body, and yellowish skin, as well as being horrendously ugly. Satan’s differentiating features are his wings and large form. Also, their creators cast down both Satan and the monster, after being created with a ‘clean slate,’ and both turned to evil while attempting to exact revenge. The main difference between the monster and Satan would be that while Satan alienated himself by being evil, the monster was already reviled by the people he met, even though he had not done anything inherently evil to dirty his ‘clean slate.’
Frankenstein’s Monster
Frankenstein’s monster reads Paradise Lost during the developmental stages of his life, leading him to believe that the book is a work of non-fiction, and is a true history of the world. When he reads the book, he realizes that his situation is
similar to that of Adam’s, but as he reads on, he identifies more with the character of Satan and becomes enraged that his creator would treat him that way, and cast him out of his favor in much the same way God cast Satan and his followers out of Heaven.
John Milton once wrote, “Did I request thee, maker, from my clay to mould me man?” in his epic poem Paradise Lost. In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, Paradise Lost can be compared to the destruction of a family unit in Shelley’s novel. After rejection from their creator, both Satan and the creature, are hurt, angry, and looking to sought out revenge. (The creature and satan are both sad after they are abandoned by their creator, they feel) Satan’s loss in the great war against the angels resulted in his rejection from heaven. He feels hurt that God, who has created him, does not want him anymore. Satan tells his fallen angels that it’s “Better to reign in Hell than serve in heaven”. (Shelley, ) He told his counsel of diamond that he would rather be in Hell after his creator outcasted him, but he still remember some of his happiness. The creature relate tooth pain in this way, since when see is created by Victor Frankenstein he is rejected because of his …show more content…
the creature learn that Frankenstein is not proud of him and views him as a monster. Victor Frankenstein’s first view of his creation is that he “ add paste on him while unfinished; He was ugly then…” ( Shelley, ) the creature end up hating his creator for making him so unlikable that he is someone that people think it’s repulsive. the creature saddened by his rejection from the delay see family, in from not knowing how to act in this situation he does the most haste
Mary Shelley designed parallels, or similarities, between her novel Frankenstein and Milton’s Paradise Lost, an epic poem, or a 12-book story. Both works allude to the same biblical and Ancient Greek themes of creation and forbidden knowledge.
