Allusions to Paradise Lost in Frankenstein In the nineteenth century gothic novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley uses numerous allusions within her novel that can easily be interpreted by the reader. This makes it easier for readers to understand the characters and relate to the circumstances throughout the story. The most important and most used was taken from John Milton's epic Paradise Lost. This book has numerous parallels that readers can easily translate to Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein and his monster can both be identified with several characters from Paradise Lost. Among the characters are Adam, Eve, Satan and God. Paradise Lost is even mentioned in chapter 15 after the monster created by Victor reads the epic as if it were a history book. He knows that he and Adam can share the trait of being unique from any other creation made before. The creature realizes, after learning who Adam is, that they have some similarities that he can identify with. Unlike the Monster, Adam was created in the image of God. Adam was beautiful and was created to be perfect. The creature is described as a loathsome being because it was created under horrible conditions. In addition to that, God assisted and helped Adam and watched over him while Victor was so disgusted by the image of the Monster that he abandoned him. The Monster even cries out to his creator: “He had emerged from the hands of God a perfect, happy and prosperous creature, guarded by the special care of his Creator; they were permitted to converse, and to gain knowledge from him, being of a superior nature: but I was miserable, helpless, and alone” (Shelley 124). The Monster is explaining this to his creator so that he will feel pity for him. Victor's monster did not have Victor's presence with him during his journey. He was hopeless and alone, knowing nothing about life. Eventually he built a small house next to a family, where he had his most educational experience. God blessed Adam with the ability to know all the names of objects such as plants and animals. His The Creature states: "Many a time have I looked upon Satan as the fittest emblem of my condition, for often, like him, when I beheld the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy grew within me" (Shelley 124). Lucifer and the monster Victor created were both made in hopes of a good opportunity. Both could be described as very terrifying to behold, although both were created not to be. Victor hoped to create a creature that closely resembled his hard work and dedication. Satan was God's greatest angel. He believed he was more powerful than his creator and was therefore thrown into Hell. Although the Monster did nothing bad to Frankenstein, he too was plunged in a certain sense into his internal "Hell". He is forced to isolate himself from any human contact because people are afraid of him. He tries to make friends with the humans, but soon discovers that everyone hates him just like Victor. Satan is also isolated from human contact but for different reasons. Initially Satan wants to bring harm to humanity. God gives Satan free will even though he knows what will happen in the future. Satan and the monster soon escape from their cages and convert upon contact with humans. This causes problems for humanity in both aspects of the stories. The Monster tries to conform to humans virtuously for the second time, but once again receives hatred