Why do most scholars assume that Radcliffe favored "explained supernaturalism" ?
Correct answer: A. Her sense of morality and decorum
- A. Her sense of morality and decorum
- B. Her defiance of contemporary culture
- C. Her lack of imagination
- D. Her full embrace of the Gothic vision of Walpole, Beckford, and Lewis
Explanation
Radcliffe's morality and concern for decorum led her to explain apparently supernatural events through natural causes. This distinguishes her restrained female Gothic from the more openly supernatural Gothic of writers such as Walpole and Lewis.
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