"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 Edgar
Allan Poe's "The Raven"?

A. An exploration of humanity's dark side

B. The use of dialogue to show character

C. A setting that is dark and foreboding

D. The extensive use of metaphor