Imagine someone wanted to terrify you. What types of things or situations would cause you that kind of anxiety and dread just to think about the possibility of them coming true? If someone wanted to horrify you, what would have to happen to accomplish that? Can you think of something that would give you the sort of “fun terror” that good Gothic literature is supposed to create in a person? If so, what is it?

What purpose(s) do you think Gothic literature served for its authors during the Romanticperiod? We already know what purpose it is supposed to have for us as the audience (to terrifyand horrify). But what personal, political, or social goals might an author try to satisfy in writingthese stories of misfits, mysteries, monsters, melancholy, and the macabre? Discuss at least twosuch goals.I think the authors of gothic literature used it as an outlet to talk about their own mental issues.Poe wasn't the happiest guy and his poems were not really that upbeat either.

Explanation:

the pronoun reference replaces a noun, but you have to make sure there's no room for confusion.

in the first sentence "her" could be referring to shely or to the sister. the answer there is "shelly called her sister and told her about the new baby."

in the second sentence "it" could be referring to the roof or the floor. the answer there is "since the roof leaks on the family room floor, we need to repair the roof."