Based on your readings for the course, which of the following best states how critics often interpret the dead hand in “The Castle of Otranto” ?

• A. The hand represents the superiority of the Enlightenment over medievalism.
• B. The hand symbolizes the danger of marriage.
• C. The hand signifies the mysterious pull of the labyrinth.
• D. The hand represents the claim of primogeniture over the living.