The Answer is C.
This is why. The word 'literal' can be defined simply as "face value". For example if some one says I literally haven't slept all night. You would see that this means they have not slept at all.
<span>r. Her remarks in Act I—about the location of Grover's Corners in the universe—articulate an important theme in the play: if the town is a microcosm, representative of the broader human community and the shared human experience, then this human experience of Grover's Corners lies at the center of a grand structure and is therefore eternal.</span>
E I believe I may be wrong, hope this helps.
