The Old House on the Hill Crimson rays of sunlight speckled through and glittered the autumn leaves‚ making their colorful silhouette seem to dance on the mountain horizon. These fluttering hills rise up from the back of a vast plateau like pasture as if they were titans‚ peacefully awaiting the turn from day to dusk. A calm breeze feathers the tall sun spotted grasses with an inconsistent motion making the ground appear alive. In the back corner of this field lies a large and seemingly mystifying
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THE HOUSE ON THE HILL The mystery of this house dated back to 1945 during the era of the World War 2. A businessman and his petite woman from France occupied this property. The husband was a tall‚ thin and dashing guy. The wife was slender‚ demure and beautiful. Her green eyes glowed in the sun. People say she looked as beautiful as Snow White. No one in all of London looked more beautiful. at the time they had no children so‚ they were quite lonely in the big house. The couple often threw parties
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1) The House On The Hill The rain; its heavy drops beating on me like bullets in quick succession; the wind; it is trying to blow me down… will I fall? Or will I remain unbeaten‚ only to be taken down by those monsters with loud and grating voices; those monsters that spew out foul‚ black smoke; those monsters that took down my friends below me with their humongous claws? Drip‚ drip‚ drip. My roof is leaking again. Soon I’m going to rot away until my legs can no longer sustain my weight and finally
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Shirley Jacksons The Haunting of Hill House tells the story of Dr. Montague‚ a professor studying the supernatural. After inviting Eleanor‚ Theodora‚ and Luke to stay at Hill House and participate in his study‚ weird occurrences begin to happen. Loud noises are heard at night‚ sections of the house are deathly cold‚ and strange writing is found on one of the walls. The house appears to come alive‚ slowly devouring those that inhabit it until it eventually claims one of their lives in a climatic ending
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The Haunting of Hill House. In this novel‚ a car is first represented as a means of control over Eleanor by her sister (Jackson 7). However‚ Eleanor’s stealing of the car transforms the car into a representation of freedom from her present life (Jackson 10). The car allows Eleanor to be free of her controlled life and to begin her own journey (Jackson 10). We observe the same car at the conclusion of the novel as a device used to free herself from her forced departure of Hill House (Jackson 178)
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In Charles‚ we have seen how a traditional housewife being restricted in family trifles; and in The Haunting of Hill House‚ we read a young woman who was alienated from the society‚ failed to find her self-identity and company of others‚ ended her life by suicide. Both the two stories reveal the physically and mentally vulnerable of women‚ as well as their unconsciously helpless and anxiety; depend on male‚ while yearn for freedom. In Jackson’s last novel‚ it surprised us with a convert‚ by depicting
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Haunting of Hill House written by Shirley Jackson‚ the story revolves around Eleanor Vance‚ the protagonist per se spend most of her younger years hating her mother and sister. As the story unfolds‚ through her illusionary vision‚ sisterly bond with Theodora and unwillingly decision to leave hill house‚ the readers can feel Eleanor’s yearning for a sense of belonging and attention as she joins Dr. Montague in a summer adventure at the Hill House. As the story begins‚ on Eleanor’s way to the Hill House
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Comparing the novel The Haunting of Hill House and the movie Poltergeist‚ there are many common factors they share. Both have a female character as a protagonist and a spirit as an antagonist. The two literatures‚ in print and film‚ also have the heart of the house revolving around a child’s setting. There are still more similarities between both the book and movie‚ as there are dissimilar. The Haunting of Hill House is taking place in a setting where all of the characters are adult‚ as supposed
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Eleanor’s Haunting Shirley Jackson’s novel‚ The Haunting of Hill House‚ revolves around many intriguing characters that hold an important part in the story. However‚ one in particular stands out more than the others‚ and her name is Eleanor. Eleanor is depicted as a very timid character and throughout the story she struggles with self-consciousness‚ agitation‚ and fear of showing‚ “Too much” of her unique personality. To begin with‚ Eleanor Vance is presented as a thirty-two year old unmarried
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Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson‚ Jackson exemplifies how a setting should be for a gothic novel. She uses modern psychology‚ and old ghost stories. These elements make the person reading her story‚ ponder what exactly is real and what is not. When you combine the nature of the characters of the story in Hill House with the events taking place in the house‚ the premise of the house being haunted‚ could quite possibly be a reality. The characters add to that conclusion.
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