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Quotation from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

“I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed”

Mary Shelley (spoken by The Creature)

Frankenstein, Vol. II, Ch. II (1818) / Ch. 10 (1831) (1831 text)

Portrait of Mary Shelley

On the Mer de Glace the creature confronts Victor, reading his own situation through Paradise Lost.

Citation: "I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed" — Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Vol. II, Ch. II (1818) / Ch. 10 (1831) (1831 text). (id frankenstein-q10)

Portrait: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Richard Rothwell, Public domain.

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