The theme of individualism
Transcendentalists believed that people are pure as individuals, but once they start letting society influence them, they can become corrupted. Emerson, in Self-Reliance, reinforces this thought and encourages people to be and guide themselves without letting society corrupt them.
Bierce uses the images of a watch, the rising and setting sun, and the swiftly or sluggishly flowing stream during the escape.
The correct answer is C. <span>It takes readers from a world of reason and science to a world of monsters and terror.
Gothic fiction usually has to do with something dark, mysterious, scary, and supernatural. Shelley's Frankenstein fits that description perfectly - it is a story about a monster being brought back to life, which is obviously supernatural. Gothic literature was especially popular during Shelley's time (19th century), but also even centuries before.
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