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Which statement best reflects the central idea of this excerpt from Eaton Stannard Barrett's The Heroine?
The Heroine
by Eaton Stannard Barrett (excerpt)
I relate the several conversations, in a dramatic manner, and word for word, as well as I can recollect them, since I remark that all heroines do the
same. Indeed I cannot enough admire the fortitude of these charming creatures, who, while they are in momentary expectation of losing their lives,
or their honours, or both, sit down with the utmost unconcern, and indite the wittiest letters in the world. They have even sufficient presence of mind
to copy the vulgar dialect, uncooth phraseology, and bad grammar, of the villains whom they dread; and all this in the neatest and liveliest style
imaginable
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Barrett is ridiculing the melodrama and excessive emotions of Gothic heroines.
Barrett is highlighting the significance of the Gothic stories in Gothic literature.
Barrett is describing the qualities for which literary heroines are best remembered.b
