Similarities Between Paradise Lost And Frankenstein

The stories of, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and Paradise Lost by John Milton, are very similar works of writing. The characters developed in Frankenstein, Victor and the Creature, are comparable to the characters, Adam and Satan, in Paradise Lost. Victor and Adam are both very prideful men, who attempted to obtain knowledge, that was meant purely for God. While the Creature and Satan, who were both created by the hands of another man, were driven to evil in retaliation of their treatment by society.
Adam and Victor Frankenstein are both men of destruction. Both characters were given the opportunity to follow the path of society, and stick to the status created by others. Instead they both chose to disobey and ignore the signs of evil, and followed what their minds were telling them. Victor chose to create the creature, setting forth a series of events, that lead to his untimely, isolated death. Adam was warned by God himself, not to eat anything from the tree. "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."(Milton, Genesis 2) However, Adam chose …show more content…
Adam stands out due to being the first human. In the beginning he is grateful and obedient to God. However he falls from that grace when he gives in to the temptation of eating the apple from the forbidden tree. He is outcasted for disobeying God and is rejected from heaven's paradise and society. The Creature doesn't fit into society's idea of beauty. His appearance frightened people and they treated him like a freak. In addition to being rejected by society, he was abandoned by his creator as well. John, however, is an outcast in a different way. He doesn't accept or subscribe to any of the values or philosophies that are deemed important in the Brave New World. He was born from a mother as well, and lives in his ideals while rejecting society's