Answer:
The excerpt exemplifies the ideas of Stephen King in Danse Macabre because It forces readers to 'grapple' with their own morality.
Explanation:
The excerpt has a vague feeling of hope as it strongly goes with a deeper feeling of fear, the reader can see how even when the situation as described is harder than expected, things have gone well, until the story shows how in a second and without any expectation everything can suddenly change and there is the moment that comes to realize and analyze human mortality.
