The obsession of revenge was intensified by the feeling of injustice that Frankenstein felt not only on his creator Victor but also to all humankind. Therefore the feeling of injustice and dejection led the two characters avow revenge. My daily vows rose for revenge, such as would alone compensate for the outrages and anguish I had endured. In his own account, after Victor deserted him he wandered in the woods feeling dejected and vowing revenge:įor some weeks I led a miserable life in the woods, endeavoring to cure the wound which I had received … My sufferings were augmented also by the oppressive sense of the injustice and ingratitude of their infliction. Soon after he created him and brought him to life, Victor was appalled by his ugliness: “but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” (Shelley 45) Victor deserted Frankenstein. Frankenstein was a creation of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist obsessed with the zeal to create life “invulnerable to any but violent death” (Shelley 32). Therefore, the feeling of injustice ingrained in Satan was the creator of the urge of vengeance in him. Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.” (Milton 35, Lines: 102-105) “Our power sufficient to disturb his Heaven, Satan therefore says, “Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.” (Milton 11, Line: 263) However, once Satan was banished from Heaven he harbored but one feeling, that of revenge: When he revolted against God, he was defeated and thrown out of heaven, infusing the seed of revenge in him. Satan, one of the most beautiful of the angels, felt that injustice was being done, as the Son of God would get to reign on Heaven while he will remain a servant. The perception of injustice in Satan and Frankenstein were ignited by the sheer dejection of their creator. I believe that both Satan and Frankenstein felt severe injustice in their banishment and therefore, overwhelmed by their pursuit of revenge, indulged on their obsession. This essay analyses the facets of these two obsessions found prominently both in Frankenstein and Satan. Both the characters feel dejected and aim to revenge their creator. The characters revolve their action in the novel and the epic poem motivated by their obsession to avenge the injustice done to them. The monster created by Mary Shelley in Frankenstein (henceforth mentioned as Frankenstein) and the character of Satan in Milton’s Paradise Lost are obsessed with the idea of injustice and revenge.
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