Allusions are a powerful literary tool that authors use to enhance novels. By using allusions, readers can connect concepts, and main ideas to better understand them. An allusion is a reference to a person, place, thing or event. In the Novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley used allusions to Milton's Paradise Lost. Shelly alluded to Paradise Lost, by having the monster read the poem, which helped him gain knowledge and understanding. While alluding to Paradise Lost the monster compared himself to both Satan and Adam, these comparisons helped him contemplate and convey the nature in which he was created.
While reading Paradise Lost, the monster compared himself to Adam. In Paradise Lost, Adam was created by God as a perfect being. Adam's creation, …show more content…
Originally Satan was a angel in heaven, until God banished him to hell. His creator made him an angel, and then made him into a hideous creature. Both Satan and the monster had appalling appearances because their creator made them that way. Since they despised their creators for making the hideous, they felt similar hatred towards them. The monster stated that “Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition; for often, like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me” (Shelley 117). Both Satan and the monster where envious of those who were treated bountifully by those who they felt mistreated them. Although Satan went against God, he was envious of Adam since God was benevolent to him. Meanwhile, the monster was envious of the people that the cottagers helped. The monster would observe the cottagers be hospitable to other people. He saw them be kind to others, yet he could not receive their kindness because of his appearance. As both stories unraveled, they were became more and more vengeful, villainous and destructive.
Allusions to Paradise Lost allowed the monster to relate himself to both Adam and Satan. Before reading Paradise Lost, the monster felt alone. It made him feel as if other creatures have gone through similar experiences to his. Allusions to the poem allowed both the monster,
While reading Paradise Lost, the monster compared himself to Adam. In Paradise Lost, Adam was created by God as a perfect being. Adam's creation, …show more content…
Originally Satan was a angel in heaven, until God banished him to hell. His creator made him an angel, and then made him into a hideous creature. Both Satan and the monster had appalling appearances because their creator made them that way. Since they despised their creators for making the hideous, they felt similar hatred towards them. The monster stated that “Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition; for often, like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me” (Shelley 117). Both Satan and the monster where envious of those who were treated bountifully by those who they felt mistreated them. Although Satan went against God, he was envious of Adam since God was benevolent to him. Meanwhile, the monster was envious of the people that the cottagers helped. The monster would observe the cottagers be hospitable to other people. He saw them be kind to others, yet he could not receive their kindness because of his appearance. As both stories unraveled, they were became more and more vengeful, villainous and destructive.
Allusions to Paradise Lost allowed the monster to relate himself to both Adam and Satan. Before reading Paradise Lost, the monster felt alone. It made him feel as if other creatures have gone through similar experiences to his. Allusions to the poem allowed both the monster,