The Influence Of Paradise Lost And Frankenstein
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The influence of Milton's Paradise Lost can be seen directly from the epigraph of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein.
"Did I request thee, Maker from my clay to mould me man? Did I solicit thee, from darkness to promote me?"
The spirit ofParadise Lost permeates Frankenstein throughout the novel. O ....
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.... Paradise Lost into the novel by having it be one of the three works that the monster studied. The monster found a correlation between his condition and and an aspect of the novel and stated;
"Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other human being...I was wretched, helpless and alone. Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition (pg. 135-136)
Other echoes of Paradise Lost are as follows:
Frankenstein hopes to be the source of a new species, ....
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