Complete the following sentence. We can best understand the medieval setting of Walpole's The Castle of Otranto as______________?
Correct answer: B. enabling his 18th-century readers access to a world they would see as less rational.
- A. revealing his interest in Chaucer.
- B. enabling his 18th-century readers access to a world they would see as less rational.
- C. promoting the rise of museums.
- D. commenting on the French and Indian War.
Explanation
Walpole's medieval setting places supernatural events in a world that eighteenth-century readers could regard as less governed by modern reason. This contrast helped establish the Gothic atmosphere of the novel.
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