Examples Of Poltergeism In To Kill A Blackbird

In mid-July of 1692, the port town of Gloucester, many residents were convinced that their homes would soon be attacked by the Indians and their French allies. The Babson family was one the first to hear the ominous sounds around their home almost every evening, hearing men fleeing into the night to discuss a plot to invade their town. Norton explains that Ebenezer at one point thought, "that he saw two Frenchmen, ‘One of them having a Bright Gun upon his Back, and both running at a great pace towards him’; at other times, he and others believed they spotted Indians (Page 232)." On July 18, after two weeks of spectral sightings, sixty militia men from Ipswich arrived to protect the town and after another week of sightings, people concluded that their shadowy tormentors were only figments of their imagination. Norton writes “The local minister, John Emerson, maintained that “the Devil and his Agents were the cause of all the Molestation (Page 232).” According to Norton, this shows how a largely scaled incident of mass hysteria spreads fear and is a clear connection between the witchcraft crisis and the conflict with the Native Americans in New

The kicking and screaming of Kate Branch was an unforeseen characteristic that confused most people, but because of her suspected disability, some of her accusations of a spiritual entity seemed more and more false. There were too many inconsistent accusations that did not fully coincide with the demonic possession theory. Hardly anything that Kate said was credible. The assumption of Kate faking the fits could be a probable cause, but during the early New England times there was no sufficient proof to prove it. Therefore, anything questionable is led to a supernatural cause. However, it

The depiction of the girls and women who became “possessed” and accused others of bewitching them is consistent with the

In Henry James’s novella The Turn of the Screw, a young woman is recruited by a handsome man to be the governess to his niece Flora and his nephew Miles at a solitary mansion in the country. Enamored by the Master and charmed by Flora, the Governess finds the position to be ideal, compared to her poor life before it. After Miles returns home after getting expelled from his boarding school for “contaminating” other children, the Governess sees a strange figure while walking on the grounds. The Governess believes him to be a ghost after consulting with the housekeeper Mrs. Grose. She sees another ghost, presumably of her dead predecessor.

PER REPORTER: It sounds like a child is being beat on. You can see the shadow or the mom or whoever it is being abusive towards the child. The reporter heard them tell the child to get the fuck off the floor and get the fuck out of the corner. They heard the child say stop; the child was breathing hard like it was trying to catch it's breath. That's how loud it was. They hear constant screaming. It goes on early mornings or late nights. There is a couple that stays at the home. They just moved there about 3 months a go. The reporter's mother has been hearing it go on for about a month. The reporter heard it for the first time Tuesday night. It went on for 30 minutes before the Meridian Police Department was called. The reporter told the police what was going on and they went over there.

Each tale leaves significant room for doubt on whether the occurrences detailed were actually due to the occult or not. Mr. Jennings stays up all night studying pagan religions so his account could have been due to hallucinations caused by an addiction to green tea and little sleep. His visions could have been caused by a mental illness such as schizophrenia. Captain Barton doesn’t believe in spirits at the start of the account, but quickly starts seeing the supernatural as the only explanation for what’s happening to him, which makes his narrative more believable. However, Barton’s guilt, mentioned above, could have made him see his tormentor everywhere. General Montague’s theory that The Watcher was “a substantial form of flesh and blood…with some murderous object in perspective” is another real-world explanation (pp. 68). While Barton immediately views his stalker as an unearthly being, that is not the only legitimate option. In Justice Harbottle’s nightmare, blacksmiths burn his ankle with hot iron, and he wakes up still in pain, but finds out he’s suffering from gout. Therefore, his nightmare was simply a nightmare, and not a journey into an otherworldly court. At first, it seems hard to explain away the sightings of the ghosts in these last two stories by people other than Barton and Harbottle, but considering that they told the people around them about their hauntings, the eyewitness accounts could just be a testament to how quickly rumors can spread and deceive the eyes. However, some observances can’t be discredited so easily, and neither the preternatural or logical justification are fully

Based on Henry James’ novel The Turn of the Screw, Jack Clayton’s The Innocents masterly portrays an ambiguous governess, one who seems entirely sane and justified in her fears one moment and absolutely insane at others. However, in both mediums, the governess is arguably a neurotic woman, driven to hallucinations and consequently endangering the children as a result of her sexual repression. Director Jack Clayton employs various cinematic techniques to achieve this interpretation, such as dissolves, camera angles, and silence, as well as a carefully chosen cast. Each of these elements adds to the overall psychotic nature of Miss Giddens, the governess, by discrediting the credibility of the narrator and thus manifestation of the ghosts.

Furthermore, the governess is afraid of scaring or tainting the innocence of the children with her abnormal behavior which is evident through her fear of the ghosts corrupting them. By projecting her dangerous, evil qualities on ghosts, she convinces herself that she will be inherently better at watching the children, gaining their trust and even “saving” them (Otten 2). The governess’s method of projecting her flaws onto unseen ghosts gives her a sense of security and

Just as she said that, something slammed into the door again. “Kid, get over here.” The little girl wasted no time in rushes over to and behind Gary. As one, they backed up. The wind outside picked up and the outside window shutters slammed against the side of the house. The house shook as something slammed into the door with enough force for the door to splinter. Whatever was outside wanted in, and it wanted in now. The house rattled and shook with each

He lay down on the bed in the dark. His lifted his gun and inspected it carefully. Interesting thing. He wondered how many lives guns had saved, or ruined.

I got up quietly and then I went down stairs hoping to find someone but no their was nothing I then heard banging I went to the living room I heard banging under the rug but I pulled the rug I found nothing everything was quiet so I got tools and then opened up the floorboards I found a strange black shadow of a man I jumped out and the I couldn't believe it I couldn't know what to do the only decision was to defend myself or call the police the shadow then got out of the hole it looked at me it looked like it wanted to chase me it then talked to

The girls had constant fits, twitched, cried, made odd noises, and huddled in corners. The family called in doctors, and they were treated for many illnesses and nothing helped. Many weeks later after running out of reasons for their strange behavior, all of their symptoms seemed to lead to one belief, "The evil hand is upon them." They were convinced the girls were possessed by the Devil.

Lying in bed in the middle of the night while sleep eludes me, a noise breaks through the silence. Oh my God! What was that!? Maybe it was just my imagination, or maybe it was just the house settling. There it is again! I must be hearing things. I get cold and my body starts to shiver uncontrollably. I peek to where the sound comes from and I could swear I see something through the dark room; it appears even darker than the surrounding area. Oh my! I think it just moved. My breathing becomes labored and I pull the covers over my head, trying to calm myself down while making my brain work through what just happened. Was I dreaming? Or did I just see a ghost?

The terror starts when the lights go out with a flick and the door closes with a click. Soon, I hear the tap, tap, tap coming from under my bed. I can almost see those giant, glinting claws tapping against the polished hardwood floor. Tap. Tap. Tap. The tapping becomes more persistent and that’s when I hear it.

I also passed my friend’s house which is located located next to the cemetery. At that time I thought that I would spend the night at my friend’s house. But, I cancelled my thought and continued my way home. I did not like the cemetery’s situation, it is frightening. Besides, my friend must be sleeping so I did not want to bother her. I kept walking until I found a very silent road. Nobody was going out and only several lamps were turned on. I started to feel frightened. I stopped and thought again, I planned to come back to my uncle’s house but it was too late. My house was about several meters away, and I had to pass the road because the road is the shortcut to my house. I encouraged myself, “I have to be brave!” Slowly, I started to walk through that frightening road. I saw to the left and to the right. The road was like a dead city. I could not find anybody there. Suddenly, I felt someone following me. When I looked back, I did not see anything or anyone.I felt frightened again, but I have to continue my “journey”. I walked again and took a deep breath to calm myself down. Suddenly, something even stranger happened. I felt someone touching my shoulder and said “Wa...” I looked back again and I still could not find