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Comparison - Paradise Lost and Frankenstein

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"Frankenstein," is the monster that was created by Mary Shelly. The main plot of the story symbolizes what will happen once you go beyond God's duty, and into forbidden power. There are lots of similar themes found in the famous poem, "Paradise Lost," written by John Milton. At different time periods, both authors created a magnificent master piece. There are lots of similarities in their plots, both combined sins and reality, and a character that disobeys god. The childhood of Victor Frankenstein was happy. His parents gave lots of love and brought lots of happiness to him. This is just like Satan’s childhood in, "Paradise Lost." Unfortunately, both character’s perspectives were deformed due to the deaths of their mothers. Then both of them had the thirst of the forbidden power, they wanted to have the power to avoid death. Victor put his thoughts into action. He left home for years, learning science and working in the laboratory for years. Throughout his studies, he started to find the initial source of life. Victor reached this level by arrogance and vanity. The Creature Victor created with his arrogance, resembles Satan in, "Paradise lost." Satan disobeyed God's order, and finally become the representation of devil. Victor Frankenstein's actions of playing God are really similar to how Satan acts. Victor Frankenstein is a scientist who is thirsty for the forbidden knowledge, because his Creature made him think he has taken over God’s role. After creating the Creature, he imagines he will be worshiped by it, like a father. Instead this achievement caused him to be punished by God. Victor was punished by what his vanity gave him. The Creature he created slaughtered his family. Unlike Victor, Satan takes over his forbidden duties, and isn't punished by God. Both characters have lots of power, but they are not capable of handling it. Both characters are doomed by their fate. Victor Frankenstein created a monster that will br

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