Question 10 of 10
2 Points
Which passage from Frankenstein bestillustrates the theme of "losing
humanity to science and technology"?
A. "You can blast my other passions; but revenge remains, –
revenge, henceforth dearer than light or food! I may die: but first
you, my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun that gazes on
your misery (237).
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B. Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first
break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world (36).
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c. But, as if possessed of magic powers, the monster had blinded
me to his real intentions; and when I thought that I prepared only
my own death, I hastened that of a far dearer victim (277)
D. During my first experiment, a kind of enthusiastic frenzy had
blinded me to the horror of my employment... my eyes were shut
to the horror of my proceedings (230)