Question 15 of 19 Read the following excerpt from Herman Melville's Moby-Dick in which Captain Ahab reacts to his first mate telling him about a leak in the ship's store of whale oil: "Begone! Let it leak I'm all aleak myself.Aye! leaks in leaks! not only full of leaky casks, but those leaky casks are in a leaky ship and that's a far worse plight than the Pequod's man. Yet I don't stop to plug my leak; for who can find it in the deep-loaded hull; or how hope to plug it, even if found, in this life's howling gale?" What trait of Gothic literature does this passage have in common with Edgal Allan Poe's "The Raven"? A. The use of dialogue to show character B. A setting that is dark and foreboding C. An exploration of humanity's dark side D. The extensive use of metaphor