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Mood In The Judges House

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Bram Stoker was born in Dublin, he was sick and bedridden for most of his childhood. During that time, his mother would read him stories and legends from Sligo, which included supernatural tales and accounts of death and disease. When he was older he was an occasional freelance contributor to The Daily Telegraph, and began working regularly for the paper as part of literary staff. He grew to write 12 novels, including Dracula and The Jewel of Seven Stars, and publish collections of short stories. Bram Stoker used many elements of mood in “The Judge’s House”. The first abnormal mood of the story was the feeling of strangeness, “Up and down the old wainscot, over the ceiling and under the floor they raced, and gnawed, and scratched!” (Stoker 3). There were so many rats that they were everywhere in the walls, making noise, and being disruptive. The story then got more creepy when the rats would stop making noises completely, “There was not the faintest sound of gnaw, or scratch, or squeak. The silence was of the grave.” (Stoker 5). “The Judges House” then got scary …show more content…

At the beginning he was not scared of the house at all, even though Mrs. Witham and Mrs. Dempster were telling him that it was not a good idea. “...too much to think of to be disturbed by any of these mysterious ‘somethings’...” (Stoker 2). But after staying in the house for a few nights, he became aware of what Mrs. Witham and Dempster were telling him. Every night when he would read his books and drink some tea while trying to ignore the rats’ boisterous squeaking and scratching. All of a sudden the noise would stop and the big rat would appear on top of the chair, and stare at Malcolm with its baleful eyes. When he eventually saw the ghost of the judge and was scared when the judge took the rope and made it into a noose. The judge was also chasing him around the house trying to hang him. “...a great fear began to come upon him.” (Stoker

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