"Remember, that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drives from joy for no misdeed." (pg. 69)
In this line, the creature makes an allusion to the Bible. The creature is noting how Frankenstein mistreated his own work. Frankenstein should have cared for the creature as God cared for Adam. If Frankenstein had attended to what the creature says are his duties, then the past two years would have been radically different for the both of them. However, Frankenstein clearly does not nurture and care for the creature as God cared for Adam. Before the creature comes to life, Frankenstein loved it. However, as soon as its life began, the creature was seen as evil. Frankenstein immediately judges the creature to be inherently bad, when the creature actually meant him no harm.
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