In 3-5 sentences, explain one characteristic of a gothic setting present in the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde.

A Gothic setting is often old, decaying, haunted, or a secret.  Jekyll's laboratory is a separate wing or building from his main home, and it is accessed through a courtyard. Stevenson foreshadows the final scene of the story when Utterson and Enfield, on their "usual walk," take the "back way to Dr. Jekyll's." There, standing in the "premature twilight" of the courtyard, they see Dr. Jekyll in an upper window. After a short, depressing conversation with him, they see his face change to an "expression of ... abject terror," and he slams the window down.

Explanation:

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."