In the novel Frankenstein you can see a strong representation of Victor trying to defy God and become a creator himself. Early on in life, Victor doesn't mention God or his faith, but recognizes his parents as "creators of all the many delights which we enjoyed."(45)Victor focuses his faith and beliefs in science and philosophy instead God. He decides to become a "disciple"(47) of the early philosophers. After starting school, M. Waldman tells Victor he's "happy to have gained a disiple."(54) Yet, even though Victor neglected religious beliefs in his young life when he looks back he sees "the Angel of Destruction, which asserted omnipotent sway over me."(51)
             There are also symbolic indications that Victor is trying to be a creator like God. Victor goes by "the church of Ingolstadt"(61) and looks at the "clock which indicated the sixth hour."(62), significant since God created man on the sixth day.
             Unlike God, Victor is "unable to endure"(61) his creation and "rushed out of the room"(61).During the time after the creature's conception, Victor sees the folly of his ways and perceives the creature as "demonical"(61) and later when meeting the creature calls him a "devil"(93) Even though Victor succeeded in his endeavor to defy God he couldn't deal with the responsibility it produced for him.
             Because Victor abandoned his creation, it ends up with dual identities. The creature happens to read "Paradise Lost" and sees it "as a true history."(116) The creature perceives himself "like Adam"(116) without a "link to any other being in existance."(116) The creature also "considered Satan as the fitter emblem."(117), but still recognized that Satan had "fellow devils, to admire and encourage him"(117) and that he was still alone. In that respect, it realize...