In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, as the creature began to make himself more and more educated, he began to connect himself with many of the characters whom he read about. The connection that stood out the most to me was that of himself with Satan. This entire section of the novel containted quotes from the creature of how he knew he didn't belong in the world. He felt he was completely alone and forgotten. "When I looked around I saw and heard of none like me. Was I, then, a monster, a blot upon earth, from which all men fled and whom all men disowned?" (Shelley, 85). The creature realized that all other men were created by God. Not only that, but God was always there for his children and loved them. When the creature realized that he was unlike all of God's creature, he concluded that he was no God-made. He in turn found that his creator was indeed still Victor Frankenstein who had fled from the creature at the moment of his birth. This abandonment caused the creature anguish and realized that if he could not associate himself with God, then he must be connected to the ultimate evil. "but I was wretched, helpless, and alone. Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition; for often, like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me" (Shelley, 92).
The only aspect that connected the creature to Adam was the fact that they were both the first and only of their kind. However, Adam was beautiful and beloved. The creature was disfigured and ugly. All feared the creature and fled his presence. Those who were courageous enough to stick around, only attacked him and screams words of unwelcoming threats. The creature was left, then, to the only reasonable explanation that he was indeed meant to be evil.
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