This is a question from apex. which of the following sentences is most clearly describing a theme? a. dark shadows lay across the path like the bars of a cage. b. imagination is more important than intellect. c. the second world war lasted from 1939 to 1945. d. the golden feather represents mrs. whitherby's soul.

B. Imagination is more important than intellect.

Explanation: in literature a theme is an underlying message, what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem. This belief, or idea is usually universal and transcends cultural barriers. From the given options, the sentence that is most clearly describing a theme is option B: imagination is more important than intellect, because it is sending a message.

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .

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