How does the theme of self-destruction emerge in the poem?
A. The narrator grieveing for his lost love, Lenore, obsesses about seeing her again.
B. The narrator states that his soul is burning after discovering that Lenore is not outside his bedroom door.
C. The narrator stares at the bird perched on the bust above his door and screams at it to leave.
D. The narrator continually asks the raven distressing questions, knowing the answer will always be
the same.

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point