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Why does the author use the word chimerical here?
To show that everything in the world seemed imaginary
To show that the narrator was an old man at the end of life
To show the principles seemed true when they were not
To show the narrator has been haunted by his own past for years

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LINE BELOW:
Why does the author use the word chimerical here?
 To show that everything in the world seemed imaginary
 To show that the narrator was an old man at the end of life
 To show the principles seemed true when they were not
 To show the narrator has been haunted by his own past for years

destinykiara99 · Answer

Read this line from Frankenstein:

If, . . . my father had taken the pains to explain to me that the principles of Agrippa had been entirely exploded and that . . . the powers of [Agrippa] were chimerical, . . . I should certainly have thrown Agrippa aside. . .

A chimera is a deception or fantasy of the mind.

helpppp · Answer

fantasies are just imaginary scennes. so A would be your best choice