Victor's egotistical desires in "Frankenstein" convey the misuse of science for personal glory, cautioning how the obsessive pursuit of knowledge can alienate individuals, "I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit." Likened to Satan in John Milton's "Paradise Lost", Victor turns from God and the natural, pursuing an obsessive passion, "my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature". The recurring intertextuality of "Paradise Lost" and recurring darkness motif symbolizes Victor's blind attraction to s...

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