Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.