he very possibility for such an outlet. This revenge would "henceforth [be] dearer than light or food" (p. 146) to the monster, leading him to live out his so-called 'life' in an effort to pay back Frankenstein for the "injuries [he inflicted]" upon the creature.
             3. Identify one way in which one of the works the creature reads is appropriate to one of the significant issues in the novel
             Of the 'textbooks' which provide the creature's education, huddling in seclusion alongside De Lacey's cottage, Milton's Paradise Lost is the most influential in terms of meaning to the creature, and terms of relation to the novel. The creature himself says he took this work most seriously, treating it "as true history." Its relevance lies in the parallels that one-both Frankenstein's monster and the reader of Frankenstein-draws regarding the creator/created relationship of Frankenstein and the creature. The monster "often referred the several situations... to [his] own" (p. 116), thereby basing his morals and ethical outlook on his creation upon the ethics embedded within Paradise Lost. Similarly, the reader relates the divine setting of Milton's work to the situation revolving around the monster's creation, thereby giving it a similarly lofty, ambitious overtone. Such a sense associated with Frankenstein serves to convey the poignancy of the characters' ongoing conflict.
             4. Describe the circumstances under which Frankenstein was written and explain som
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