Question

Please help me! Use the textual context to identify the meanings of the words in bold.

Answer 1

Answer:

These are all excerpts from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

Explanation:

“Oh Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due." - equitable here means fair and impartial.

Here "monster’s" petition evokes sympathy, emphasizing the guilt of his creator. These pleas show the irresponsibility of Victor Frankenstein and emphasize Victor’s guilt.

"He was a Turkish merchant and had inhabited Paris for many years, when, for some reason which I could not learn, he became obnoxious to the government. " Here Turkish refers to extremely unpleasant.

"The injustice of his sentence was very flagrant; all Paris was indignant; and it was judged that his religion and wealth rather than the crime alleged against him had been the cause of his condemnation." flagrant here means glaringly obvious. He was persecuted because of his relgion and wealth.

"A residence in Turkey was abhorrent to her; her religion and her feelings were alike adverse to it." Adverse means acting against or in a contrary direction. For her this experience was in contrast to her religion and feelings. She rejects it.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answers in order would be thus:

• Equitable: According to the context of the document from Frankenstein, this word would be synonym to fair and impartial. If also looked up in the dictionary, this word is also defined in the same way: fair and impartial.

• Turkish: Although the word would usually be related to a person, or a thing, from Turkey, or related to the Turkish language, in this particular context it is describing the peculiar behavior or a merchant, so the correct answer is: extremely unpleasant.

• Flagrant: Given the context of the text, which describes the blatant miscarriage of justice on a person, due to his religion and not his actions, the correct definition for this word would be: glaringly obvious.
• Adverse: The context describes someone who cannot accept, or in any form adapt, to either living in a certain place, because all that defines her as a person, rejects it, or refuses. The correct answer here is: acting against or in a contrary direction.