Question

Read this passage from Frankenstein:

I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life; I saw how the worm inherited the wonders of the eye and brain (32).

What is most clearly a motif in this passage?

 A.Insects and nature B.Scientist and society C.Death and decay D.Anatomy and physiology

Answer 1

answer b:death and decay

Answer 2

Answer: C. Death and decay.

Step-by-step explanation: In the given passage from "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, the speaker describes an image of a man degraded by the death, and how he turns into life again, the speaker also compares the man with a worm that inherited the wonders of the eye and brain, referring to the man that came back from the death, in general the motif that is present in this passage is death and decay.