Which of the following best describes the difference between Gothic and Transcendental writers? Gothic writers were concerned with rational thought and transcendentalists valued social conformity.
Gothic writers wrote about the darker side of human nature and transcendentalists were idealists.
Gothic writers believed in social conformity and transcendentalists didn't.
O Gothic writers focused on political reform and transcendentalists wrote about supernatural themes.

Read the passage. when mother’s fever persisted for a week, father summoned our family doctor. dr. blakemore applied leeches to mother’s skin in hopes of reducing the amount of blood in her body. despite the doctor’s efforts, she languished in bed for three more days before her appetite returned and she requested a thin broth. our dear cook, mrs. davis, prepared the broth and delivered it to my mother directly, eager to ease her discomfort. what can readers infer about the time period of the passage?

What response does lincoln hope to elicit from his listeners with these words from his gettysburg address "we gave to come dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live. it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this

What other theme is addressed in the passage?