The novel Lost Paradise, by John Milton, exposes the cruelty of Christianity or the Christian God within the characters God, Satan, Adam, and Eve. ... Characters from different novels have similar personalities. ... This truly is remarkable, two novels of different time periods, with characters of startling resemblance. ... Satan moreover does the alike, when he "takes" God's angels. ... Remarkably enough, two novels from way different time period are very much alike in personalities of characters. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Adam and Eve were banished from the paradise of Eden for eating fruit from the Tree of Knowledge against God's strict commands. ... In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the title character seeks to recreate the act of creation by making a human being on his own, which becomes known as "The Monster." ... If man was created in God's image, then, after the "Death of God" caused by the Enlightenment, the monster was created in man's image; the monster is then representative of man in the post God era. ... What was God's will? ... Instead, he becomes resentful towards his creato...

• Word Count: 1399
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Bibliotherapy of the Creature I saw a creature, naked, bestial, which, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, and ate of it. I said, "Is it good friend?" "It is bitter-bitter," he answered; "But I like it because it is bitter and because it is my heart." - Stephen ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Prometheus was known for going against the orders of Zeus, a god of Olympus, and bringing fire to humans. ... The Romantic era stressed the belief that nature is good, since they believed that God could be found in everything on the earth. ... The problem with being a creator was that Frankenstein set himself against God the Creator. ... Frankenstein tried to "play- God and his creation turned against him and the rest of humankind. ... Some of these works include: Paradise Lost, Plutarch's Lives, and Sorrows of Werther. ...

• Word Count: 1913
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The way the island starts off as a paradise resembling Eden and contrasting with the environment and the boy's behavior turning hostile works well. ... The characters in both novels have resemblances to each other, in LOTF they are all children, while in Frankenstein they are all adults, again except the odd one. ... In LOTF we get an overview of the characters as of he 3rd person narrative, which gives us a more in depth view. ... Victor, by creating a life with old body parts is playing "God" in a sense, at a time when religion was a key part in peoples live. ... Supposed to bring back ...

• Word Count: 2582
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School