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Dark Romanticism: American Gothic — Test

Question 18 • CMS 2026-2027 English III CREDIT RECOVERY

Read the excerpt from Chapter 41 of Moby-Dick . The White Whale swam before him as the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in them, till they are left living on with half a heart and half a lung. What theme of the novel does this excerpt best address?

Answer
A
the personal empowerment that comes from obsession
B
humankind’s indifference to nature
C
the self-destructive nature of obsession
D
nature’s indifference to humankind
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