Fear Of The Unknown In Susan Hill's The Woman In Black

The Haunting of Hill House is considered a classic to many people. It has a certain sense of feeling missing from today's novels. The Haunting of Hill House has suspense, horror, a little bit of romance, and an ending that will leave you thinking for days. Shirley Jackson is well known for her twisted work. At the beginning of the book, you our introduced to a character that has a major impact on all of its "guests". Hill House. "Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against the hills, holding darkness within." This is just one of the chilling sentences from the opening paragraph. The fear begins to set in. Shortly after, you are introduced to the strong yet cautious Dr. John

Fear and Rejection is introduced in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. In this novel Victor Frankenstein who is the protagonist creates a creature who is then rejected by everyone because of his appearance. The appearance is not always what you think, don’t judge anything or anyone without knowing the backstory of that person. Which then falls under this category Fear and Rejection including acceptance. The creature felt like he was ignored and abused by everyone because nobody ever payed attention to him because of his appearance. The monster/creature may be ugly but one thing is that everyone else doesn’t understand that he also has feelings, all that the creature/monster wants is someone to love him so he is not so lonely.

How does Susan Hill make the woman into such a terrifying and disturbing figure? In this piece of writing I am going to take into account how the woman in black is made into a terrifying and disturbing figure. I am going to study how Susan hill creates a character that is malevolent and makes the reader on edge and uncomfortable. This character lives in Eel marsh house- which looks like an abandoned house but there is a woman who lives there.

Pieces of literature often show relationships involving the supernatural. In Macbeth (1606), the supernatural plays an extremely important part in the structure of the plot. It provides a substructure for action, a deeper look into Macbeth’s character and it affects the impact of numerous scenes. In contrast, in Susan Hill’s novel, The Woman in Black (1983), Susan shows how the supernatural can be used in an attempt to make the reader frightened, she attempts to do this through the ghost of Jennet Humfryes who is trying to seek revenge and solace for the injustice that was done to her in her past life and to her son. Once again, the supernatural plays an integral part throughout the story with the ghost of Jennet Humfryes and what occurs at Eel Marsh house. While over three hundred and seventy years separate the two pieces of literature, both explore how the supernatural affects the protagonist’s sanity and both pieces of literature feature the supposed involvement of ghosts which are widely used in plays or novels that feature the supernatural. However, whereas Shakespeare illustrates the destructive effects the supernatural can have on a protagonist’s (Macbeth’s) decision making and how an honourable and well respected man can turn into a dishonourable and largely hated man whom people generally despise. Susan Hill demonstrates the effect of when the supernatural affects a lawyer who doesn’t end up resorting to doing anything dishonourable and who doesn’t deserve the

It has been said that "Fear can’t be the driving force. " In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee reveals fear as a contagious disease. In Maycomb County, fear dominates the minds of its residents by locking them in their comfort zone and forcing them to act selfishly. This demonstrates how fear is a disease that affects one’s decisions and prevents them from thinking straight.

We all think children are all innocent and cute, but is that really true? We always give excuses for children’s misconduct, distracting ourselves from the real truth. Kids are capable of terrible things that adults quickly ignore. Children can be very scary because of their capabilities that most adults believe to be innocent mistakes. One story that explores this fear is Ray Bradbury’s “The Man Upstairs.”

Explore the ways in which Hill creates sympathy for Arthur as the hero of the Woman in Black

The Woman in Black is one of the few truly horror theatrical shows that has continued to terrify audiences over the years. There are many interpretations of this show, but every single version leaves the audience feeling uneasy with the sense to stay awake that night. This show was made to make the audience feel the terror that these men felt during the initial time of the event through the lighting choices and the acting.

“My Fear” is a simple poem in which the author, Lawrence Raab, portrays fear as a person who is constantly on the prowl and taking note of things to haunt us with in our dreams. Raab makes great use of personification and symbolism throughout the poem in order to reveal the theme that fear is inevitable and is something we all deal with. Raab begins with the first stanza introducing the antagonist that is fear himself, who follows and records the fears that trouble our mind. Through personification we are able to visualize the possibility of a lighter side to fear's character.

The fear of the unknown drew wandering bodies into the depths of the woods, known as the Strid. This isolated, rayless cavern was known to claim ghosts, if they even existed. As he stood in front of his former friend, Weigall pondered on the afterlife and the supernatural. Perhaps there is no such thing as ghosts, perhaps they are just ideas fabricated to soothe the human mind once a person passes away? Suddenly a crisp breeze chilled Weigall’s spine. The wind wailed in between the rotting tree trunks, bringing the ghastly smell decay to Weigall’s nose. An uneasy feeling downed upon Weigall as he parted from his longtime friend. The further Weigall ran the more the light faded. Soon he was surrounded by darkness and panic rushed through his veins. Something or someone was out to get him. Was this Gifford’s ghost rekindling their friendship or was it the Strid claiming its newest

The name of my book is The woman in black and was written by Susan Hill. In London, Arthur works as a lawyer and is sent to review the personal papers from of the passed away Mrs Drablow and he soon realizes that the house is haunted. The ghost is called the woman in black and her son was killed by drowning and every time she appears a child form the village dies. I believe that the book repetitive, entertaining and lame.

It’s Halloween night. Your friends and you are going trick or treating, when you walk by an old, run down house. Did I mention that the sun has already went down? That’s it, we now have a perfect setting for a successful ghost story; however, the most important thing is missing; a ghost. Newton tells us what a great ghost story is in his “Introduction” for the Penguin Book of Ghost Stories. He mentions that a successful ghost story needs something to haunt the haunted. A successful ghost story is more than just the background and the story itself. The ghost story contains a background, story, ghost, and setting. M.R James forgets this in his short story “A View From a Hill.” Although the novel contains a disturbing story of the past, it fails

Whatever little Arthur hears about it he classifies it as tales that had grown out of proportion. When Arthur sees the woman in black for the second time near Eel marsh at the burial ground, he has a slight suspicion that she is not a human being: Who she was - or what – and how she had vanished, such questions I did not ask myself…I did not believe in ghosts. but what other explanations was there?(p66 and 68)

“The crowd is nearing the foot of the hill; they are close now and one by one they look at the wom-an in the transparent mac and they nod” (P.5 L.188-189) Alison Moore´s horror story “Eastmouth” (2014) shows that you do not have to include monsters and other supernatural beings to be scary. Instead, Alison Moore excels in creating an eerie mood filled with foreshadowing and small clues to let you know something is truly off in Eastmouth. As we follow the story in Sonia´s, the main char-acter, point of view, we experience the slow build-up and the gradual realization that she is not go-ing home, as if we were there. This is coupled with the other characters who are also seemingly nor-mal, but becomes more and more intrusive as the story moves forward. In the end, we learn that maybe you should not go to a place where someone seems overly eager to take you in and keep you.

Stephen Mallatratt’s horror, The Woman in Black is a play-within-a-play depicting two actors, Arthur Kipps and another young actor, performing a script Kipps had written. The play concerns Kipps’ stay at Crythin Gifford and the haunting from a ghostly entity named the Woman in Black. Through this play’s adaptation by Robin Herford, the stagecraft design illustrates emotions of fear, revenge and mourning to the point of mania through the character of the Woman in Black.