Frankenstein 7

"Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence; but his state was far different from mine in every other respect."
-page 92


This is the creature talking, and in this quote, Mary Shelley uses an allusion to the Bible and the beginning of time. The creature learns about this through the book Paradise Lost. He says that he is like Adam because he was created with no other being like him, however, this is the only way they are similar. Adam was created to be beautiful and happy, and was protected by his Creator. The creature says that he is actually more like Satan because he is envious and bitter. He then goes on to say that he is actually worse off than Satan. "Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and abhorred." At this point in the story, I feel so bad for the creature. He has done nothing wrong yet, but is hated by everyone and is totally alone in the world. To consider himself more miserable than Satan, he must really be in a low place. He desires more than anything to have a friend and to feel loved. My sympathy for the creature keeps growing and growing, until he kills William and then it starts to decline again.