Questions. 1. According to the author, why does the unknown scare us and what is its link to imagination? 2. Explain Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘’unity of effect’’ and quote the sentence referring to it. 3. Explain the sublime and quote the tex in your answer. 4. Explain the difference between mere physical and supernatural fear

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Answer and Explanation:

1. The unknown scares us because it is unpredictable and bad things can happen without us being able to avoid or protect ourselves, as we are caught by surprise. This tension and expectation promotes fear and stress and is linked to the imagination, because we spend all the time imagining bad things that can be triggered.

2. The concept of “unity of effect” according to Poe, refers to the idea that a literary work must have all the elements composed to promote an outcome, that is, from the first word the author must construct the text in order to promote a balanced outcome with all textual elements.

3. In the literature, the sublime is a concept that refers to the use of a language capable of promoting thoughts and emotion that lead the reader to transcend common and usual experiences in a positive or negative way.

4. The mere common fear is the fear of real and existing things in the physical world that we know, that is, they are palpable fears, seen by anyone and that can hurt a person in a physical way. Supernatural fear is the fear of supernatural elements, which do not exist in the real world, are not palpable, are not easily visualized and can cause physical and psychological damage.

a.) literature that explores grotesque characters and eerie, violent occurrences in a dreary setting.

i’m pretty sure it is the second