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Except From Frankenstein:Chapter 16 Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?

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The quote that best supports the answer to part A is: B. There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist me.

In Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," the scientist Victor Frankenstein gives life to a monster he fashioned from human body parts. However, the monster, like any other human being, has sentiments and emotional needs. Because the monster is unable to connect with others on an emotional level, he begins to despise humanity and murder.

His goal is to kill the people Frankenstein loves as a punishment for being created by him.Why should he feel sorry for the people he's killed if none of them have ever felt sorry for him? Why should he be nice when no one has ever been nice to him?

EXCERPT FROM FRANKENSTEIN: CHAPTER 16 : commonlit

Part B: which of the following quotes best supports the answer to part A

Part A answer: a person needs structure and support in order to form a good conscience and proper identity

OPTIONS:

A: Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly1 bestowed?

B: There was none among the myriads4 of men that existed who would pity or assist me

C: Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind

D: ‘I too can create desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable; this death will carry despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall torment and destroy him.

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