Near the end of Book II of Frankenstein, the creature compares himself to Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost. It is during his narration of his experiences since he first "awoke" and Victor Frankenstein abandoned him. He says, "I, like the arch fiend, bore a hell within me" (Oxford World Classics edition, 111). It refers to Satan's comment in Book Four, "Which way I fly is Hell, myself am Hell" (line 75). (See my post of June 10, 2011, "Evil Personified...Milton's Satan.")
This makes me think of another question:
Are there differences in emotions and motives between Milton's Satan and the Frankenstein creature?
A comparison/contrast would be fascinating....and, of course, means rereading Paradise Lost.
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