There Will Come Soft Rains Setting

The house has an appearance that sends a chill down the characters’ backs. On page 35 of the novel it says, "Except for the wires which ran to the house from a spot among the trees, there was no evidence that Hill House belonged in any way to the rest of the world" (Jackson). This shows the eeriness that the house makes people feel when they first see it, which reflects to the reader what the feeling of the novel will be. Also, the characters form an opinion about the house as if it were alive, which implies to the reader a sinister ambience. On page 32 of the novel it states, "All I could think of when I got a look at the place from outside was what fun it would be to stand out there and watch it burn down" (Jackson). The characters’ reactions and descriptions of the house allows the reader to understand the mood. Elizabeth Wilson, who wrote a paper on haunted houses in the horror genre, said, "Usher identifies the cause of this fear as the house itself, which he believes through water condensation, fungus and decaying trees, has dispersed a miasma which has had a fatal effect on his family over the centuries” (113-118). This directly relates to the setting of the novel because most of the characters described, when they first saw the house, as terrifying, which relates to the aura. Finally, the choice of words and emotions that the characters express allows the reader to understand that the house is unpleasant. On page 19 of the novel the reader is given a description of the house by Eleanor, "The tree branches brushed against the windshield, and it grew steadily darker; Hill House likes to make an entrance, she thought; I wonder if the sun ever shines along here" (Jackson). The house makes the characters feel petrified which sets the tone for the reader as soon as they learn about Hill House. The blood-curdling emotions that the house gives off

The text is very descriptive and loaded with symbols. The author takes the opportunity to relate elements of setting with symbols with meanings beyond the first reading’s impressions. The house that the characters rent for the summer as well as the surrounding scenery are introduced right from the beginning. It is an isolated house, situated "quite three miles from the village"(947); this location suggests an isolated environment. Because of its "colonial mansion"(946) look, and its age and state of degradation, of the house, a supernatural hypothesis is implied: the place is haunted by ghosts. This description also suggests stability, strength, power and control. It symbolizes the patriarchal oriented society of the author’s time. The image of a haunted house is curiously superimposed with light color elements of setting: a "delicious garden"(947), "velvet meadows"(950), "old-fashioned flowers, and bushes and gnarly trees"(948) suggest bright green. The room has "air and sunshine galore"(947), the garden is "large and shady"(947) and has "deep-shaded arbors"(948). The unclean yellow of the wallpaper is

In “The Fall of the House of Usher” the story starts with the narrator saying that he is overcome with a feeling of gloom upon first seeing the house. He compares the windows to vacant eyes. The narrator goes on to tell how the house appears to him but then tries to explain it away as his overactive imagination.

When a fire breaks out the house desperately tries to continue its daily routine despite the destruction of everything it has preserved. And because it had ran a bath everyday because that was its routine before it didn't have the strength to fight the fire, leading to its demise. After the family that once lived in this house died the house continued its daily routine, refusing to believe that their dead, and they'll never come back. So, it makes breakfast every morning, puts out a smoke for the father, and runs a bath for the kids in the evening. It knows their gone but believes that it can somehow get them back.

The purpose of destroying, the house was the frustration and anger to know that there is a division among all people. This is the point, where the author wants us to question ourselves, but as well society. Is it right to classify people by what they have? Is it correct to abandon people, when they are in the most need? In other words, the story leaves a bigger meaning and message.

Ray Bradbury’s descriptions of the way the house acts in “There Will Come Soft Rains”

The exterior of the house is dull and unwelcoming, constructing a remote story. The ancient mansion is decaying, " The stone walls of the house were crumbling" (p.150) In the quote show it is exemplifying the frightening details of the broken- down mansion. As the stone walls were falling off the walls the house would slowly decay and get left for no one to repair. A large crack ran down " The front of the house like an open wound". (P.151) This quote is fascinating because Edger Allan Poe is trying to give the reader a visual on how decayed this

The hills surrounding the house put a dark sense on the house. The hills also impacts the inside of the house because it only gets a limited time of sunlight. George J. Demko states that “In outstanding mysteries, the place -- the geography-- is a critical element in the story and can play a variety of roles in the search for the criminal and the search for justice” in his article “Defining Place in Crime Fiction 1”. The geography around the house is hills and trees almost as if it is in a valley which gives the house limited sunlight leaving the rooms dark and creepy. Thus the character can not see where they are walking and it is affecting their sense of sight. The little sunlight the inside gets influences the characters memory of the rooms. The rooms in Hill House are set up in a way that can confuse the reader as well as the guests in the house. They do not remember where each room is and where they are in comparison to the front door. “ ‘Actually, the ground floor is laid out in what I might almost call concentric circles of rooms; at the center is the little parlor where we sat last night; around it, roughly, are a series of rooms-- the billiard room, for instance, and a dismal little den entirely furnished in rose-colored satin--’” (Jackson 73). The building of the house and the way the rooms are set up affects the character’s sense of

This is symbolized by the home being the last remaining piece of the old world that is still intact; it represents the beauty and the naivete of the pre war world. Now the world is forced to think more realistically and the people in it understand the ramifications of their actions, resulting in a negative image being placed on pieces of that world. The boys demonstrate this idea when they decide to destroy the house even though they found it to be remarkably beautiful (314). The boys resent the old world for what they had created for the new post world generation. They even go to the extent to burn the money instead of keeping it for themselves (318).

It was an isolated place, separated from the roads, the villages’ environment and the rest ofsociety. This resembled the narrator’s feeling and position which are also isolated and restricted. The house setting mirrors her emotional state. Moreover, her room in that house was big and airy with the windows and beautiful landscape outside but all those windows were barred to prevent her from escaping or going outside. In this scene, she was a little, cute bird which was caged by her husband. There is a conflict with the house here: the mansion whose original rental purposes were freedom and restfulness for the wife to improve her illness now became the mental prison. It was the reason that her state of health got worse. Another significant setting was the bedroom; the walls were covered with the yellow paper. The mystery of the yellow wallpaper was discovered bit by bit by the narrator’s imagination as it absorbed the readers’ curiosity. The wallpaper was described as an unpleasant symbol: it was ripped, soiled, and was a dirty yellow. But later, it became a symbol with a message of a desperate woman, constantly crawling, stooping, and creeping looking for an escape from behind the main pattern that helps the narrator to see her own situation. The yellow wallpaper was a mirror that reflects her real life. The main pattern of the wallpaper implied the narrator’s husband who controlled her freedom. The setting helps the reader understand the story development more

The first parts of the story focus mainly on setting the mood describing all the surroundings and every bit of detail of the house. It’s depressing with scary scenery and many strange mysterious things are happening within. For example “mysterious rooms where windows suddenly whisk open, blowing out candles and creaking and moaning coming in odd occurrences”. In fact the story’s atmosphere and mood is what really makes the story

The Fall of the House starts out using a narrow rational point of view from Edgar Allen Poe to illustrate the eccentric, grotesque and dark effects of the house the appearance of it and also the impact it had on the character within the house such as Roderick, Madeline and twins sister.

Grant Woods purpose for this piece was to create the type of people that would own this house. I feel as if he achieved his purpose because the characters look like they would own the property. The pitchfork in the gentleman's hands correlates with the barn in the

The overall theme of the short story is belonging. Not just somewhere to call home, but to feel home. The setting supports the narration’s chaotic mood. The rain is pouring down, the colours described are all grey and dark and most of the story is taking place in environments where Melissa does not belong.

The derelict house stood isolated. The front gate that used to shine a bright startling silver had become overridden with rust whilst its turrets and towers which once stood so majestically now seemed to be devastated with the scars of time. With every step she took, a creek would pierce the silence. As she opened the decaying the door, the inside could not have been further from what she had remembered. The light airy haven in which her family had spent most of their time had now turned into a dark shade of grey. The walls which her mother once painted an array of effervescent colours had become shabby and moth eaten. There was no joy to be found in this house. That much was obvious.