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A 4 page essay that discusses the similarities between Satan in Milton’s “Paradise Lost” and the character of Frankenstein’s Monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Both characters were expelled from the place where they were created by their creators. Both were are considered hideous in form. Both are evil. However, there are also differences between the two characters that relate to the very different intentions of each author. No additional sources cited.
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indeed, many similarities between the two characters of Satan and the Frankensteins Monster. Both characters were expelled from the place where they were created by their creators. Both were are
considered hideous in form. Both are evil. However, there are also differences between the two characters that relate to the very different intentions of each author. Milton and Shelley
begin their narratives by relating the origins of these central characters. Milton tells of how Satan was once a beautiful angel. However, in his great pride, he thought himself to
be Gods equal and waged war against the Almighty, for which he was cast out of Heaven. Milton makes it clear that it was Satans "...his pride/Had cast him out
from Heaven, with all his host/Of rebel Angels" (Milton I.36-37). Similarly, Victor Frankenstein creates a living being, a Monster, by assembling parts of various cadavers, but regards his creation, his
technological "son," as hideous as soon as soon as his creation comes to life. This allusion to the Monsters appearance suggests another way in which the characters are similar,
as they both described as having a repulsive appearance. However, there is also a significant difference in regards to this feature, which is that the Monster was created hideous and
repulsive in appearance and Satan was transformed by his own evil, becoming increasing ugly as the poem proceeds. As this suggests, Milton intends for Satans appearance as a metaphor for
the way in which evil overcomes him. When Satan is first exiled to Hell, he contemplates his surroundings and says, "The mind is its own place and in itself/Can make
a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven" (Milton I.254-255). In other words, Satan erroneously thinks that he will remain the same despite his separation from God. He thinks that
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