Who Is The Victor In Frankenstein

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The monster read a book called paradise lost, this book is about the creation story and Adam, which causes the monster to question his own creation and place in the world.the monster actually reads Paradise Lost where he compared himself to Adam because, like Adam, he is uncertain about why he was created as well. The monster wants to know why Victor created him. Adam was created to build a new creation the humans which made the monster wonder more why will victor create him and what was his point on doing that. Unlike the monster, Adam was created in God’s image of likeness and as a beautiful and perfect being. The monster was hideous and was created through disgusting creation. God was helping Adam and watched over him since Victor was so disgusted by the monster that he abandoned it. …show more content…
Like Adam, Satan was created in God’s image of the most beautiful angel in heaven. But when Satan tried to overpower the kingdom of heaven and failed, God made him go to hell and made him the most hideous creature with the angels that went with him as well. Because of this, the monster relates himself to Satan because of his appearance and the fact that their creators made them that way. Even though the Satan was created beautiful at first but somewhat had hated in his

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