Thursday, November 29, 2012
Frankenstein: religioug allusions
All throughout Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, religious allusions are made by the creature. His comparison of himself to both Adam and Satan evoke much sympathy for him from the reader. Like a newborn child, he did not CHOOSE to be brought into the world; it had been the choice of others. He had been created, carefully and painstakingly. I cannot imagine the depths of loneliness that the creature must have felt, nor the sense of abandonment. He knew that he was utterly alone; there was no other like him and no other species could bear his presence. I think the creature was deeply hurt that, while God made Adam to be happy and perfect, his creator had made him to be a hideous monster. "Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition..." (Shelley, 92). In the beginning stages of the creature's existence, he was more like Adam in character. He was peaceful, lived a simple life, and didn't want to hurt anyone. However, as the novel progresses, it becomes more and more evident that the creature's character and temperament morphs into that of Satan. He becomes evil; hardened and hateful towards all that is good and innocent. The more he loses hope in humanity, the more he seeks to destroy it.
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