Read the following excerpt from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which is

narrated by Dr. Frankenstein:

[B]ut now, for the first time the wickedness of my promise

burst upon me; I shuddered to think that future ages might

curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not

hesitated to buy its own peace at the price, perhaps, of the

existence of the whole human race.

Which phrase from the passage best supports the theme that humans

possess the ability to be monstrous?

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Finn

30 August, 10:36

Read the following excerpt from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which is

narrated by Dr. Frankenstein:

[B]ut now, for the first time the wickedness of my promise

burst upon me; I shuddered to think that future ages might

curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not

hesitated to buy its own peace at the price, perhaps, of the

existence of the whole human race.

Which phrase from the passage best supports the theme that humans

possess the ability to be monstrous?

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Quentin Hudson · Answer 1

The phrase "whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price, perhaps, of the existence of the whole human race" best supports the the that humans posses the ability to be monstrous. The phrase shows how humans are only thinking of what they want and need and not about how their voices affect the people and things around them.