Frankenstein

Gods and Demons

  • Treats Victor as his God

  • “I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend.” - monster’s evil came from exclusion

  • evil and good are actions not traits

The Demonic

  • In Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus (1592), Faustus decides to study necromancy and proclaims he will become “as cunning as Agrippa was”.