When lucius says the conspirators’ “hats are plucked about their ears.” what is he suggesting?

their hats are worn in an unusual style, with feathers above the ears to identify them to other conspirators.

their hats are pulled low to conceal their faces.

he is speaking metaphorically, comparing their cowardice to plucked chickens.

the material has been removed from their hats around the sides as a visible sign of their punishment.

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d. a story that frightened readers so much they would become suspicious of their surroundings

frankenstein is one of the terror novels wrote by the writers in a sort of bet, lord byron challenged them all to write a ghost story, and the story came to mary shelley in a dream, she wanted to conect with the fears of her society, fears of technology and changes, and she wanted readers to look around, freightened.

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