“Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay.” This quote comes from Paradise Lost by John Milton and also appears in the book of Frankenstein. The Creature in Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, compares himself to Adam. He is striving to be good but is rejected by his creator, referring to this quote. One could argue that it means that the creature did not ask to be made but tried his best, however the creator still shunned him because of his appearance. This is what makes the book Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley and modernized by Gris Grimly, display the theme of “judging a book by its cover” and the consequences of surface judgments. In Frankenstein, the creature was rejected based on his appearance. Initially, when the creature came to life, …show more content…
Victor ran away from the creature and banished the creature to the woods. After that, the creature had naturally done a good deed, but had been repulsed once he was discovered. Furthermore, the creature helps a family with their farm work and they had greatly appreciated it until they had seen what the creature looked like. After that, the family attacked him out of fear. “I afterwards found that these labours, performed by an invisible hand, greatly astonished them; and once or twice I heard them, on these occasions, utter the words “good spirit” “wonderful” In addition, the creature had saved a woman from drowning but was punished. In other words, the creature had done yet another good deed by saving a woman from drowning in a pool of water. A man came by and thought the creature was the one who hurt the woman. This resulted in the creature getting shot. All in all, the creature has always been a monster in the eyes of a human, despite what he had done to be