According to the introduction, mary shelley wanted to write what type of ghost story?

a. a story that encouraged readers to act against its symbolic real-life antagonist
b. a story that priests criticized for its demonic themes
c. a story that parents forbade their children to read due to its horror
d. a story that frightened readers so much they would become suspicious of their surroundings

something in the lines of "something that would scare the reader." (apex)

The answer is:

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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well stockyards mean a large yard containing pens and sheds, typically adjacent to a slaughterhouse, in which livestock is kept and sorted. and i'm assuming that by party you   mean a large group of people which does make sense because chicago is a very crowded place much like new york. stockyards tend to take up a lot of room due to needing the area for pens to keep animals in and the fact that stockyards are usually right by slaughterhouse where they process and distribute the product. so its much like a zoo but with some dead animal products close by.