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Essay Galaxy - The Influence of Paradise Lost and Frankenstein
The Influence of Paradise Lost and Frankenstein
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. On page 240 the monster says;
"The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone"
Three parallel themes from the two works arise from these quotes:
· the molding of a living being from clay
· the growth of malice and the de
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