... see the threat to his bride Elizabeth. Victor is weak in love; he has difficulty expressing his feelings and controling his impulses, and he is self-centered. Many contrasts can be made between Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Milton's Paradise Lost. Victor's character is paralleled directly with Satan's; both succumb to selfishness when they fall. Much like Satan, Victor is forced to carry his anguish with him ... constantly ; " [Frankenstein] bore a hell within [himself] which nothing could extinguish" (57). The creature is a portrayal of Eve's role in Paradise Lost. The creature is pe...

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