... in his quote that he ought to be Adam, God's successful creation, rather than the fallen angel (Lucifer). Among other quotes in which the monster deigns Victor as [his] creator, this is a powerful novel reference and this quote beautifully shows the direct motif of religious role-playing in Frankenstein. Power is another key element used by Mary Shelley in her novel, which ... her humanity. She may have also been subjected to hardships in her society with brought her to believe that society was destined for doom. The surrounding evil overtaking good has a direct religious correlation to...

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... power of God shows how the weight of the burden lays upon him. Also the reference to the stars is important as the stars are often thought at being at direct link to the heavens and the stars, wind and clouds are God's disapproval and vegeance upon Frankenstein. Shelley was obviously influenced heavily by the Romantic view of pathetic fallacy as ... she often links the creature's appearance by a storm breaking, and lightening. 'From the proceeding flash' and 'watching the pallid lightenings' all are quotes from just before the creature appears, and the reader begins the link the arrival...

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