Which sentence from the novel best reflects the story's gothic nature?
a. "the ancient teachers of this science . . . promised impossibilities and performed nothing" (26).
b. i kept my workshop of filthy creation; my eyeballs were starting from their sockets in attending to the details of my employment (38).
c. it was a most beautiful season; never did the fields bestow a more plentiful harvest, or the vines yield a more luxuriant vintage . . . (38).
d. thus ended a day memorable to me; it decided my future destiny (28).

b. i kept my workshop of filthy creation; my eyeballs were starting from their sockets in attending to the details of my employment (38). Gothic literature is characterized by gloomy, decaying settings.

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Greenleafable Greenleafable · Answer 2 · 2018-07-25T13:09:35+02:00

The correct answer is B. I kept my workshop of filthy creation; my eyeballs were starting from their sockets in attending to the details of my employment (38).

When it comes to Gothic stories, most of them are rather dark, mysterious, eerie, gloomy, scary, etc. Option B depicts such a mood perfectly - by mentioning things such as filthy creation, eyeballs starting from their sockets, etc. the mood characteristic of Gothic novels and stories is perfectly captured.