Read the following passage from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. After days and nights of incredible labor and fatigue, I
succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life;
nay, more, I became myself capable of bestowing
animation upon lifeless matter.
The astonishment which I had at first experienced on this
discovery soon gave place to delight and rapture.
Which common notion from the historical context surrounding Frankenstein
does this excerpt most clearly show?
O A. Enlightenment thinking promoted learning and advanced
education for the betterment of human life.
B. The Romantics de-emphasized the influence of reason, and
instead emphasized human emotion.
C. Scientists were willing to interfere with the natural order that was
ordained by God, becoming god-like in their explorations.
D. Some doctors were unscrupulous, selling false medicinal
remedies and experimenting at the risk of their patients.