ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MARY SHELLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Frankenstein was passionate and obsessed about ____
A
reviving someone from the dead
B
marrying his fiance
C
helping his father
D
school
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -While a university student, Victor becomes obsessed with the idea of creating life out of inanimate objects and starts considering how to do so. Victor thought he was doing a service to humanity by creating a “new human."

Detailed explanation-2: -Frankenstein believes that by creating the Monster, he can discover the secrets of “life and death, ” create a “new species, ” and learn how to “renew life.” He is motivated to attempt these things by ambition. He wants to achieve something great, even if it comes at great cost.

Detailed explanation-3: -A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Victor was responsible for the deaths of his loved ones because he caused the Creature to be miserable, created the Creature with such horrible features that everybody was afraid of him, and when he had a chance to befriend the Creature, he refused, which resulted in the Creature becoming even more hostile.

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