How does Framton and Vera's conversation that occurs before her aunt enters the room affect the plot?

The meeting between Framton and Vera marks the climax of the story.

This discussion resolves the main conflict of the story.

The conversation does not directly affect the action of the story.

The conversation builds tension and establishes conflict.

Which three elements of gothic literature clearly mirror the situation of women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? strange characters and settings an overall atmosphere of mystery and suspense unexplained or supernatural events characters’ inability to control their fates high emotions experienced by characters suffering from a sense of doom women threatened by powerful males