Answer:
The excerpt presented allows readers to approach a “forbidden door".
Explanation:
In "Danse Macabre", Stephen King describes how society influences the horror genre. Be it in books, comics, films, etc. He explores the history of the genre and how real life situations are the consequence of that history.
In this case, King is pointing us to a "forbidden door".
"(...) he peered into the darkness."
"(...) he could resolve this mystery. He swung his legs to the floor with conviction."
The character is going into the darnkess to solve that mistery. He is going to cross that "forbidden door".
Its either C or D, depending on what she's trying to defend. If shes trying to prove that video games are beneficial then C, if she's against it then D.
Among the different definitions of the word realize, the fourth definition conveys an idea of a financial income, it is related to money or profits. The only sentence that refers to profits and that uses the word realize for financial purposes is sentence D: Fay's glass paintings are expected to realize a handsome profit.
