3. What scientific/medical discussions of the time influenced Shelley to write Frankenstein? Describe what was known of each and why they were popular topics of discussion (RI. I)
a. Galvanism
b. Anatomy, surgery, dissection
c. Phrenology and physiognomy
d. Electricity
e. Batteries

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion