The answer is D.personification.
What is the argument being made and what is the evidence? We need details to be able to help you.
As there is no passage to compare to Poe´s story,here is a list of some characteristics of Gothic literature that may help you to compare both texts:
The main traits of Gothic literature are mystery and the presence of supernatural elements. Like in the "the Raven", Gothic style aims at creating a mood of fear, anxiety, terror and /or horror by playing with reality. The reader will soon be questioning what is written.This chaos of intrincate plots is narrated in an elaborate writing style.
The winter solstice is again upon the Northern Hemisphere, and though the year's shortest day heralds the onset of winter it also promises the gradual return of the sun after a prolonged period of darkness.
That there are holidays at the time of this astronomical event is no coincidence. Since ancient times, people have celebrated the solstice and observed it with many different cultural and religious traditions. Some of them survive to the present day—though not always in the form you might expect.
"Hedda Gabler" is actually a dramatic play that was written by <span>Henrik Ibsen. And based on this play, to whom did Hedda spoke frankly regarding her relationship with Tesman was with Tesman and Lovborg. The answers would be the second and the third options. Hope this helps.</span>
