Monotony In Frankenstein

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Often monotony increases with age causing immortal beings to come up with more demands. In Mary Shelly’s novel, the creature demands for a mate as he says, “I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous” (Shelly 141) and failure to fulfil these demands can lead to unpleasant repercussions. The angered creature is capable of taking vengeance- “I will watch with the wiliness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom. Man, you shall repent of the injuries you inflict” (Shelly 255) In addition, Mary shelly makes an intertextual reference to Paradise Lost by John Milton illustrating the fall of man due to temptation- “It presented to me then as exquisite and divine a retreat as Pandemonium appeared