Part 1 of Essay
The influence of Milton's Paradise Lost can be seen directly from the epigraph of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein. "Did I request thee, Maker from my clay to mould me man? Did I solicit thee, from darkness to promote me?" The spirit ofParadise Lost permeates Frankenstein throughout the novel. On page 240 the monster sa ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... Lost into the novel by having it be one of the three works that the monster studied. The monster found a correlation between his condition and and an aspect of the novel and stated; "Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other human being...I was wretched, helpless and alone. Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition (pg. 135-136) Other echoes of Paradise Lost are as follows: Frankenstein hopes to be the source of a new species, but ironically his creature evolves i ....