1. In his essay, King gives several reasons we like to watch horror movies (dare the nightmare, show we aren’t afraid, ride the roller coaster, re-establish normality, have fun, and fed the gators in our heads). Apply his ideas to the speaker of the poem “Transylvanian.” How does she feel about “Dracula love” and why?

2 Choose either “The Demon Lover” or “The Black Cat” as your example and explain what makes that story part of the Gothic tradition.

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