What is the purpose of writing the Horror Genre?

In marigolds, which character can be described as having a laugh so loud that the great oak seemed to laugh with it?

This passage from chapter 4 of story of my life is an example of which story of plot

Read this expert from herman melville’s the lightning rod man which contains a mythological allusion mr. jupiter tonans i am not accustom to be commanded in my own house call me now by the paga name you are profane in this time of terror which of these statements best conveys the meaning of the illusion