Paradise Lost and epigraphs

• What is the epigraph?

  Paradise Lost. Foreshadows how the monster will be cast out and become a fallen angel
• ‘I ought to be thy Adam; but I rather am my fallen angel’


  Paradise Lost. Seeking a parental figure. Like Satan, the monster feels that he has been cast out by God
• ‘Like Adam, I was created united by link to no other being in existence’


  The monster alligns with Adam
•  ‘guarded by the special care of his creator’


  monster vs Adam. monster has no guidance
• ‘many times I considered Satan the fitter emblem of my condition’


  monster realises he aligns himself more with Satan than God. God exiles Satan, he had good intentions but was cast out by God
• ‘no Eve shared my sorrows or soothed my thoughts’


  the monster is alone in his suffering