He was not surprised because he was already going insane. Since he was hallucinating that the raven was spouting words at him. He was already ill to begin with so it was not a surprise he thought the raven spoke.
I'm not 100% sure I'm correct but I'm pretty sure you can make 227 words with these letters,
A. Accept
This is the best answer, 1 way to do this is to put each word in for the 'acknowledge' and see which one fits the best!
Hope this helps!
His purpose<span> is </span>to r<span>eunite the North and South using </span>personification <span>show how both aren't very different.</span>
The answer is D the characters use a lot of metaphors to talk about the sorrow that takes over the minister's soul, His fiancee is showing her worry saying that rumor has it he is a sinner.
Option A, B, and C are not possible because A takes the elements in a literal form, B says she thinks he is innocent but it is expressed in her words that she worries about what people say so that demonstrates that she doesn't fully believe in him and C says that she is the one in sorrow and since the first comment in this conversation they talk about the minister's pain.