Free Will Frankenstein

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Free will is the ability the chose good or evil. The power of free will is an ability that is often taken for granted and abused. However, without the ability to have free will a person loses the sovereignty of choice. The use of free will in Paradise Lost by John Milton and Frankenstein by Mary Shelly demonstrates the nature of evil. As a creator, there are an endless number of possibilities of things to instill in their creation. In Milton’s Paradise Lost, God is the creator of everything. “God their Creator, and th’ invisible” (Milton Line 368). God creates the human race, angels and heaven. God instills the ability to have free will into all his creations. The ability to have free will is what later leads to evil and the demise of the …show more content…
Satan made the choice to go against God and become evil. He seeks revenge on God by waging war on heaven and creating hell. Hell is heavens counter part. The contrast between heaven and hell demonstrates the vast contrast between good and evil. “The mind is its own place, and in itself, Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven” (Milton Book I 254-255). Satan believes that it is “Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.” (Book I, l. 263). He does this through revenge. Likewise, the monster in Frankenstein seeks revenge on Victor, his creator. When the monster acquires the knowledge to understand emotions, he too feels that his creator deserves revenge. "…from that moment [he] declared everlasting war against the species, and more than all, against [Frankenstein] who had formed [him] and sent [him] forth to this insupportable misery' (Shelly 121). The monster blames his loneliness and depression on his creator. Frankenstein is the source to all his unhappiness. Frankenstein only created one monster, leaving the monster alone in a world where everyone is afraid of him. 'I am alone and miserable: man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me. (Shelly 129). The monster seeks revenge by destroying the one thing that means the most to him, his family. It is probable that the monster may have chosen to seek revenge in this way to evoke similar feelings of loneliness and depression that he engendered the monster to feel. The monster gives Frankenstein one opportunity to redeem himself before the final revenge he has planned. The monster wants is simply a companion, someone to love, and someone to communicate with. “my companion must be of the same species and have the same defects. This being you must create.'" (Shelly 129). The monster believes that he has acted so violently because of his depression. If he had a
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