“Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep...” -John Milton, Paradise Lost Frankenstein, which is recognised as the first ever science fiction novel, was produced by the English author Mary Shelly. ‘Frankenstein’ is a result of a story writing competition which took place among Percy Shelley, who was Mary Shelley’s fiancée, Mary, Lord Byron and his physician, John Polidori. The book was first published anonymously in 1818, though the second edition (1823) of her book was signed by her and had significant changes in it, starting with a preface, in which she states that, the idea of Dr. Frankenstein came to her when she listened to Lord Byron and Percy Shelley late one night discussing the new developments …show more content…
Conclusion Shelley’s allusions to Paradise Lost are present all over the novel; she seems to have been fascinated by the ‘rebel’ angels, in this case Prometheus and Satan. Frankenstein’s creature without a doubt is born with innocence, who wants his creator to love him, but through his experiences he turns truly ‘monstrous’, which makes one question whether one is essentially born with a conscience but his experiences are what moulds their personality, or the lack of love and belongingness turns one in a ‘monster’. The most striking aspect is the duality of the ‘creature’, the question that rings in the mind of the reader is whether he is good or evil, is he Adam, who is innocent or Satan, who is experienced and is rebellious to the ways of God. In the later part of the novel, the creature resembles more to Satan, who knows the unjust and materialistic ways of the world and is rebellious against them. Ultimately one can compare the creature to Satan or Adam but one can’t really link Victor to God, because he just acted as a creator and failed to take responsibility of his