"Begone! Let it leak! I'm all aleak myself. Aye! leaks in
leaks! not only full of leaky casks, but those leaky casks
are in a leaky ship; and that's a far worse plight than the
Pequod's man. Yet I don't stop to plug my leak; for who can
find it in the deep-loaded hull; or how hope to plug it, even
if found, in this life's howling gale?"
What trait of Gothic literature does this passage have in common with Edgar
Allan Poe's "The Raven"?
O
A. An exploration of humanity's dark side
B. The extensive use of metaphor
C. A setting that is dark and foreboding
O
D. The use of dialogue to show character