Adam and Even

"Sweet and beloved Elizabeth!" I read and re-read her letter, and some softened feelings stole into my heart, and dared to whisper paradisiacal dreams of love and joy; but the apple was already eaten, and the angel's arm bared to drive me from all hope." - p. 139

I thought it was interesting how focused the story has been on Adam and Eve parallels. The orange phrase is an allusive way of saying, "...but the deed was done." Mario recognized himself as having been created in a way similar to Adam's creation in Paradise Lost, which I've never read, and then he realized what he was missing--his Eve, apparently. He also made the same mistake of wanting knowledge, wanting to learn the ways and affections of humans, and he started wanting things that society wasn't prepared to provide for him, even if they were due him.

It's unfortunate for Mario because, unlike Adam and Eve, he didn't eat any forbidden apples, at first. It was the problem of Frankenstein having played God when he wasn't prepared to love his creation. That's what prompted Mario's vulnerability to the rest of the terrified and confused world.

P.S. I think Frankenstein's monster is in my house. (Note that I am referring to him as monster again. I don't care how sorry he is. Pooms-pachacha.)

But seriously, my nephew was over, and he was like, "But who eated the Goldfish cwackers?" And I was like, "It wasn't me! I promise! I don't even like them!" And then he was like, "Was it a monster?" and I looked down at the book in my hand and let my mom pick up the answer.

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"'Thus I relieve thee, my creator,' he said, and placed his hated hands before my eyes, which I flung from me with violence; 'thus I take from thee a sight which you abhor.'" - p. 70

The monster can talk?
I know, Jacob, I was surprised, too. He actually has quite the vocabulary, considering he was just created a few months prior to this scene. I have to wonder what kind of people he's encountered up to this point to acquire such knowledge of language.

Also, I would like to express my sympathy for the monster at this point. He's so scary-looking; I had a Frankenstein bookmark that I made in Kindergarten once, and it made me afraid to go out at night, but Victor ought to know better than that. He created the... fellow. He's right in thinking he has certain duties to him. Babies generally look kinda crazy when they arrive, too, but their parents get over it. This "daemon" hasn't gotten the chance due him. It's not his fault his eyes are yellow. It's Frankenstein's.

P.S. One time, in first grade, I was in the lunch line, and I guess I said something, and the girl behind me went, "You can talk?!" I nodded at her.