He might sleep in the belief that the silence of the grave would quench forever the transient existence of the hideous corpse which he had looked upon as the cradle of life. he sleeps; but he is awakened; he opens his eyes; behold the horrid thing stands at his bedside, opening his curtains, and looking on him with yellow, watery, but speculative eyes. which words best describe mary shelley’s style of writing in her introduction to frankenstein? a. emotional and explosive b. imaginative and dark c. flowery and verbose d. simple and natural