The answer is personal and spiritual exploration because romantic literature was meant to make the mind wander into romantic stories of love and romance where one found out more about themselves while falling in love. At least, that is my best guess since it's certainly not supposed to be rational and well reasoned ideas, it's not about religion, and I don't think it's supposed to empasise on society.
Are there answer choices? If not, Just reading over this passage for the first time, It seems the narrator could be describing something very majestic, like a statue built in the ocean, of a god or something. it seems as though the narrator personifies this statue as though the statue itself is a character and has feelings, maybe even something to hide. Hope this helps!
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C. to give information, is the purpose for the author in writing this passage.