Victor Frankenstein continues recounting the influences that lead to his great experiment
An accident again changed the current of ideas When I was about fifteen years old we had retired to our house near Bolive, when we witnessed a most violent and terrible thunderstorm. It advanced from
behind the mountains of Jura, and the thunder burst at once with frightful loudness from various quarters of the heavens remained While the storm lasted watching its progress with curiosity and delight. As
stood at the door on a sudden I behold a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak which stood about twenty yards from our house, and so soon as the dazzlingt vanished, the ook had
disappeared, and nothing remained but a blasted stump When we visited it the next morning, we found the tree shattered in a singular manner it was not splintered by the shock but entirely reduced to thin
ribbons of wood I never behold anything so utterly destroyed
What has the author done to prepare the reader in this passage?
She has described something wonderful preparing the reader for a happy story
She has described something beautiful preparing the reader for a flowerytale
She has described something romantic, preparing the reader for a loving exchange
She has described something forrible preparing the reader for a tragic event