lation, and he quotes from it to compare himself to Adam: “Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other human being… I was wretched, helpless, and alone. Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition.” In her reference to these two works, Shelley suggests an image of man as both an ultimate source (Prometheus, Adam) and destructor (Satan) of life. (Desert Aine 2, 1-2)Frankenstein and his abominable creation are two characters inexorably linked with eachother, as father and son, as inventor and invention, and even as reflections of eachother. Their conflict deals with themes of the morality of science and the fears of child birth, and their characters are drawn from a wealth of experience and reading. Shelley’s doppleganger of mankind is like a twisted vision of reality; based in some sense on reality but wildly taken out of proportion, the monster is so inhuman that it cannot reconcile itself with its master or the world of humanity. Its tragic story serves as a warning of what mankind could become as well as a reflection of Shelley’s own personal demons, and her creation has changed the face of literature....
