I believe the answer to this question is A.
C. The emphasis on the beauty of nature is the trait <span>from the romantic era that is featured in Washington Irving’s short story "The Devil and Tom Walker". </span>
One of Arachne's character traits is that she boasts about her skills, this determines how the conflict is resolved. She is a very talented waver and she doesn't recognize that part of her talent comes from Athena. Athena decides to give her the body of a spider after they engage in a contest and Arachne's weaving depicts the god's mean actions. Athena is mad at Arachne because she makes fun of the gods and thinks she is better than Athena herself.
In "The Devil and Tom Walker," Washington Irving criticizes the selfish and heartless sections of American society, especially usurers, by satirizing them through Tom Walker’s character. He also criticizes the hypocrisy of American religious groups through his satirical description of Tom’s churchgoing and through his mention of the Salem witch trials and the persecution of Quakers and Anabaptists. He also seems to suggest that American society was founded on violence and inequality:
"Since the red men have been exterminated by you white savages, I amuse myself by presiding at the persecutions of Quakers and Anabaptists; I am the great patron and prompter of slave dealers, and the grandmaster of the Salem witches."
From Plato
