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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
~ Edgar Allan Poe
Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.
~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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According to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart even the things considered horror should stay classy. Seeing or experiencing something disgusting does not mean it's scary. Now, speaking of seeing and experiencing, your closet is full of such things. Not literally speaking, of course. More like the skeletons in a closet. Not everyone has those ugly things but most people do. Something no one knows about.
What if those things go beyond the usual?
We enjoy the scary parts of a story, the things which can keep us wide awake at night, but do we feel a connection to the main character here? How do you connect with a psychopath? Or do you at all? We end up either enjoy reading about the things he does or we are frightened by it. There's not much in between - unless you don't feel anything at all. And truth be told, you cannot relate to a person like that unless you have the same tendencies, in which case, you might want to go see a psychologist. 
No, we like to feel the emotion of being rooted to the spot by our fear. Do we want to relate to the character? Let's examine something.
A person who enjoys the kill, takes satisfaction in it, likes to see the blood flow from its victim, doesn't feel remorse. Or does he? Does it matter who the victim is? Your guess is as good as mine. One minute the person can take a selfie with its pray and the next cut its throat as if it were nothing, as if it meant nothing.
Now, here's a twist to that little debate. My husband slaughters animals for a living. I've seen him talk to the animals as if they were our own pets. In the next instant he's ready to cut their throat, no questions asked. No remorse. Does that make him a bad person or even a psycho?  Don't answer that! While what he does is considered a trade and is part of our daily lives, not everyone would feel comfortable doing something like that and actually say they enjoy it.
However, when you consider things like that, each and every one of us is capable of something like that. We may not see it, we may not feel it, and we may not even feel the need to do such a thing, but if it came down to it, you'd probably do it if it when your own survival is at stake.
My question remains. Can we relate to a character who is a real psychopath? Why or why not? I've enjoyed reading many horror stories, but I've never felt a connection to the killer. Did you?
'til next time!
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