Read the following excerpt from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in which the
monster tells his story
I demand a creature of another sex, but as hideous as
myself; the gratification is small, but it is all that I can receive,
and it shall content me. It is true, we shall be monsters, cut
off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more
attached to one another. Our lives will not be happy, but they
will be harmless, and free from the misery I now feel.
Which phrase from the passage best supports the theme that monstrous
appearances can be deceiving?
O
A. harmless, and free
O
B. hideous as myself
O
c. we shall be monsters
O
D. demand a creature