Knowing the time period when a plece of literature was written allows the reader to understand which of the following?
A. Why the author chose the title of the work
B. The setting of the work
C. The themes and concerns of the work
D. The characters' names

In edgar allen poe's "masque of the red death", what object is kept in the black room?

What sign post goes with the quote goodnight goodnight parting is such sweet sorrow. that i shall say goodnight till it be morrow

Select the correct text in the passage. which two lines in this excerpt from shakespeare's romeo and juliet foreshadow the tragic fate of romeo and juliet? friar laurence: so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after hours with sorrow chide us not! romeo: amen, amen! but come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight: do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do what he dare; it is enough i may but call her mine. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.