Read the following excerpt from Herman Melville's Moby-Dck, in which Captain Ahab sits alone in the cabin of his ship and broods
: They think me mad - Starbuck does; but I'm demoniac, I am madness maddened! The prophecy was that I should be dismembered; and - Aye! I lost this leg. I now prophesy that I will dismember my dismemberer.
What trait of Gothic literature does this passage have in common with Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven"
A. An unreliable perspective on events
B. A setting that is dark and foreboding
C. An exploration of humanity's dark side
D. A preoccupation with fate and destiny
