Consider this theme: appearances can be deceiving. which excerpt from frankenstein best supports this theme? a. "i have good dispositions; my life had been hitherto harmless, and, in some degree, beneficial; but a fatal prejudice clouds [people's] eyes, and where they ought to see a feeling and kind friend, they behold only a detestable monster."b. "i was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. make me happy, and i shall again be virtuous."c. "cursed be the day, abhorred devil, in which you first saw light! cursed (although i curse myself) be the hands that formed you! you have made me wretched beyond expression."d. i knew well, therefore, what would be my father's feelings; but i could not tear my thoughts from my employment.

A. "I have good dispositions; my life had been hitherto harmless, and, in some degree, beneficial; but a fatal prejudice clouds [people's] eyes, and where they ought to see a feeling and kind friend, they behold only a detestable monster.".  (APEX)

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.