The Bible: Creation

• Frankenstein refers to the bible on multiple occasions throughout the novel, specifically to the Book Of Genesis, the book of the Old Testament.
• The Book of Genesis covers God's creation of the world, Adam and Eve’s story, and recounts the story of the fall.
• The story of the fall in the Book of Genesis is where Eve is tempted by the devil to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, most commonly an apple.
• Eve then encourages Adam to do the same and they are forced to leave the Garden of Eden for disobeying God’s specific demand.
• The story of the fall is important to Frankenstein in many ways.
• The monster identifies with Adam, being a new creation in the world and the first of his kind.
• The creature is rejected by his paternal figure, Victor, and so is deprived of this love and not given a chance at a potential paradisial life.
• The monster can also identify with the devil, as he turns against his creator and creates a war on all humankind.
• Victor can also be compared to a satan creature, going against god by attempting to be a creator of life and committing profound blasphemy.
• Victor also becomes an outcast from his family due to his self-isolation and is excluded from the happiness of his childhood.
• The monster does not come to find the story of Adam and Eve through the bible, but instead through reading Milton's Paradise Lost, which he interprets as true history.