Which sentence in this excerpt from a review of the film The Avengers makes for a strong thesis statement supported by the text? Everybody has been waiting for the release of the much-hyped The Avengers movie. Writer/director Joss Whedon has done an excellent job showcasing the different heroes’ strengths and weaknesses. The movie’s chief attribute lies in its ability to tell the larger-than-life stories of its protagonists while simultaneously grounding them with human traits. Whedon doesn’t present his heroes as being infallible. Instead, they’re flawed humans with strengths, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities. These qualities make the characters easy for the average person to identify with. Whedon has vividly portrayed the internal struggles that his heroes undergo in their quest for self-realization. The film also has supernatural entities such as gods and demigods. However, at its heart, this is a story of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary situations.

Read the excerpt from chapter 18 in frankenstein. alas! to me the idea of an immediate union with my elizabeth was one of horror and dismay. i was bound by a solemn promise which i had not yet fulfilled and dared not break, or if i did, what manifold miseries might not impend over me and my devoted family! could i enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground? i must perform my engagement and let the monster depart with his mate before i allowed myself to enjoy the delight of a union from which i expected peace. examine this excerpt to analyze the way the author’s choice of words adds to the meaning and impacts the tone of this portion of frankenstein. what does victor mean when he talks about “this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground”? how do these words affect the tone at this point in the story? use examples and evidence from the text to support your analysis. frankenstein chapter 18