Or, The Modern God: Biblical Allusions in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is largely organized around its explicit reference to Milton’s retelling of Genesis 2–3, Paradise Lost. Unfortunately, this Milton has discouraged scholars from going back the Old Testament itself. In fact, novel contains three crucial biblical allusions. Most obvious, course, are allusions creation (Genesis 1–3), which contain details not found in epic. The biblically literate reader will be able discern two more allusions: one Exodus 32–33 and other Book Job. both these texts, we find a man—Moses Job, respectively—seeking an audience with his creator, such as that Adam Eve enjoyed garden.