Amonster with a decaying body terrorizes a town, killing people by touching them with his hands, which are covered in oozing sores.
what societal fear does this monster most likely represent?
a) fear of germs
b)fear of zombies
c)fear of physical touch
d)fear of hands

A) Fear of germs

Explanation:

As the monster, germs have terrorized humanity for years. The "decaying body" and it's "ozzing sores"  resemble something that is very ill and that looks extremely contagious. There have been several epidemics that have killed thousands of humans. Some of them are provoked by germs that, as we know, can't be seen with a naked eye, therefore people need to represent those germs with it's imagination.

answer: to inform

explanation: the red death is an exciting passage, but also in some ways scary, so it is not to amuse. the red death is far in the past, so it is not to warn.