Question

Read the passage.
When I placed my head on my pillow, I did not sleep, nor could I be said to think. My imagination, unbidden, possessed and guided me, gifting the successive images that arose in my mind with a vividness far beyond the usual bounds of reverie.

In her introduction to Frankenstein, how does Mary Shelleys account of her creative process reflect values of the Romantic movement?

A. Imagination dominates reason.
B.Reason dominates illogical thoughts.
C. The supernatural dominates intuition.
D. The natural dominates the artificial.

Answer 1

A. imagination dominates reason. - This is because Mary Shelleys tells how her imagination took over her reason.

Answer 2

Answer: A. Imagination dominates reason.

The Romantic movement was characterized by a rejection of order, idealization and rationality in favour of the individual, the irrational, the subjective, the imaginative and the emotional. In this excerpt, Mary Shelley describes how her imagination took control of her reason, which is a statement that reflects Romantic tendencies.