Of the answer choices, the one that has the best restatement of Macy's overall philosophical vision of American literature is:
A. American literature is not truly American because it is dominated by English influences.
- According to John Macy, American literature does not seem able to escape English influences.
- He acknowledges the existence of literary works that represent American reality, people, and dialects.
- However, Macy claims that American literature still lacks "<u>American quality</u>":
<em>"In the last century the </em><em>strongest thinkers </em><em>in our language were </em><em>Englishmen</em><em>, and not only the traditional but the contemporary </em><em>influences </em><em>on our thinkers and artists were </em><em>British</em><em>."</em>
<em>" But wherever an </em><em>English</em><em>-</em><em>speaking man </em><em>of imagination may dwell, in Dorset or Calcutta or Indianapolis, he is </em><em>subject </em><em>to the </em><em>strong arm </em><em>of the Empire of </em><em>English literature</em><em>."</em>
- Therefore, the best option to restate Macy's vision is letter A.
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Answer: "And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain / Thrilled me-filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;"
Explanation: In "The Raven", by Edgar Allan Poe, lines that are most effective in creating suspense in this poem are the above mentioned. The alliteration helps readers imagine what the curtains sound like, and the mood that this sound creates is a suspenseful mood. The narrator is reading on a bleak December night to forget that his beloved Lenore is dead. The sudden noise of the curtains fill him with fear, "...filled me with fantastic terrors". He tries to convince himself that it is some visitor and nothing more.
