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Mary Shelley Frankenstein Research Paper

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The meaning of some literary works often alludes to myths, the bible, or other works of literature to help enhance the purpose or theme of the work. Such sustained works as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, she alludes to Paradise Lost and the Genesis by paralleling Frankenstein to God, Adam, Eve and the Fallen Angel. Mary Shelley illustrates how the pursuit of knowledge beyond our reach leads to unforeseen consequences and regret.
After the death of his mother, Frankenstein starts his studies of natural philosophy and begins to assemble his creature. “His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful!” (pg. 39) Frankenstein conducts his creature to be a good and beautiful being.
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