Read this excerpt from frankenstein:

[the professor] began his lecture by a recapitulation of the history of chemistry and the various improvements made by different men of learning. . "the ancient teachers of this science," said he, "promised impossibilities, and performed nothing. the modern masters . . penetrate into the recesses of nature, and show how she works in her hiding-places. they ascend into the heavens; they have discovered how the blood circulates, and the nature of the air we breathe."which topic best relates to the theme developed in this passage?

a. the history of chemistry
b. teaching as an art form
c. the need to work in secrecy
d. the pursuit of knowledge

D) The pursuit of knowledge.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, we can see developed the theme of the pursuit of knowledge, because the profesor starts talking about the various improvements in chemistry made by different men, and how, with the work of ancient teachers and then modern masters, we can know things like how the blood circulates and the nature of the air we breathe.

elise is writing a literary analysis of a biographical essay about emily dickinson.

which of the following should elise use in order to provide a strong claim statement in the introduction to her analysis?

a.  

“a life apart” by julia golding maintains that emily dickenson wrote over a thousand poems during her life.