Why is mary shelley's novel frankenstein considered a work of science fiction when it is a representative work of the gothic genre? a. many scientific theories that are mentioned in the novel have been applied in real life. b. the novel suggests that technology can create a living creature from a dead body. c. the novel is about a government trying to create and control artificial humans. d. the novel is based on scientific theories prevalent at the time of its writing. e. the novel suggests that humans must learn to coexist with monsters they may create.

B. The novel suggests that technology can create a living creature from a dead body.

Explanation:

Remember that science fiction is characterized by having a content that is based in science. Remeber that although science theories are used or mentioned they are not followed in a rigorous way. The word fiction gives us a clue, the events and things that technology permits are created by the author's imagination. Some elements described or used can be possible according to actual science. In Frankestein, the doctor uses electricity, and stuff that resembles science to give life to dead bodies, in real life this doesn't work.  

it is the nurture that decides the behavior of a child.

explanation:

naturally, children are pure. it is an environment and the type of attention a child gets that determines their behavior.  

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.