Eleanor's drive to Hill House is the most important part of the story because it shows the reader much about her character; which will be important later as the novel and the "haunting" develop. Strong psychoanalysis of Eleanor's character make her a prime candidate for Hill House. It is a critical point in the story where much is discovered, developed and recovered. .
Without this crucial drive, much of the story would be lost. Eleanor's drive to Hill House is the developing point for her character. It enlightens the reader to keys aspects of her character such as imagination, longing, loneliness, insecurities, and childish fantasies. The most important things about Eleanor are revealed on her drive and the reader begins to relate with her, or at least understand her better. Shirley Jackson uses this drive to her advantage in some foreshadowing of things to come, as well as showing some characteristics of Hill House through Eleanor. Much more is revealed in this drive than one realizes. .
The first aspect of Eleanor's character that we are introduced to is her huge imagination. She daydreams about almost everything she passes, with child-like fantasy. The simplest things suddenly become romantic and enticing to her. She does not live in a realistic world grounded by sanity like those around her. A prime example of this is when she stops along the road to view the oleanders. She starts to imagine that she is a princess, and that the oleanders are guarding a fairyland, waiting for her return (19). This gives us the impression that she has a very childish personality for a woman of her age. Her imagination incredible for a grown woman and it leads us to realize that her life growing up must have been very different from most. Average people grow out of their childlike fantasies and daydreams; but there are some with no life experiences and deep childhood wounds that never let go.
The story Haunting of Hill House? ... Although theHaunting of Hill House? fits this description perfectly with its eerie description of supernatural tales of the happenings of Hill House; there is a more to it than hauntings. ... She did not think of the fear she had of Hill House. ... TheHaunting of Hill House? ...
Hill House Paper In the novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, the characters Luke Sanderson, Dr. ... The first reason that Hill House is not haunted is because the character Eleanor Vance is insecure, and, therefore, unreliable in evaluating the real reasons Hill House is or is not haunted. ... (pg. 119) Hill House's cold spot, Dr. ... Montague's wife asked her husband "about a nun" (pg. 188) in Hill House. ... These examples show that Hill House and Borely Rectory are too much alike and it seems that Hill House is just a copycat of Borley Rectory. ...
My eyes then gravitated towards the top of the hill, where the lower part of the sky has a high value and the higher part has more of a lower value. Immediately after I was focused on the buildings in the background, mainly the large house in the distance. ... The contrast of the grasses emphasize the incline of the hill and the distance between the woman and the house on the horizon. ... The colors red, orange, and yellow on the hill are complementary to the blues, grays, and greens seen in the sky and buildings, giving a feel of distance and gives dimension. ... She seems to want to reach t...
The narrator, a young boy, has all through his life been fascinated with whaling and has read a lot about it; he knows about the geography of the Artic and remembers the haunting routine by heart. ... This finds expression when the Whaler describes a distant hill to the boy as a woman's tit: "I didn't see for I was innocent of all trivial things. ... Before returning home after the encounter with the Whaler the boy glances towards his teacher's house. ...
In 1909, Mrs.Burnett drew her inspiration of the design of the story about the secret garden from the garden of her own house that she was adorning in Long Island, NY. ... From the archaic furnishings of the house to the dismal moor, from the exuberant plants in the garden to the serene vally, all add to the haunting sense of the mystery and beauty of country life which infuses the book. ... More precisely, it falls into the category of the so-called Enchanted realism (Sheila A.Egoff, 1988) or the World between (Ruth Hill Viguers, 1959), which is rooted in reality but touches the gloomy and dr...
Wuthering Heights is a rather isolated home situated on the top of a hill, belonging to the Earnshaws - Mr and Mrs Earnshaw, Catherine and Hindley and Heathcliff - a "gypsy brat" described as "as dark almost as if it came from the devil" whom Mr Earnshaw found and brought back from his trip to Liverpool. ... Mr Lockwood describes Wuthering Heights as " atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather ..one may guess the power of the north wind, blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house ..as if craving alms of the sun". .....
She then went on to write The Road Through the Wall, The Hangsaman, Life Among the Savages, The Bird's Nest, Raising Demons, The Sundial, The Haunting of Hill House, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle between 1948 and 1962 (About Jackson 2). ... Tessie Hutchinson is a house wife, raises children, takes care of home, and accepts her role in society up to a point (Conflicts 1). ...
Nevertheless he rides to Callendar's house, but his tire goes flat and he is forced to take a tonga. When he reaches the house, Callendar is out, and has not left a message; and two English ladies take his tonga, stranding him. ... Before they go, Professor Godbole sings a haunting song, but Ronny walks off in the middle of it. ... Before Fielding can leave, Aziz crossly calls him back into the house, where he shows him a picture of his wife--a great confidence. ... In a certain light, seen from the city, the Marabar Hills look romantic; and seeing them in such a light from the veranda...
Shirley Jackson (1919-1965) Biography Shirley Hardie Jackson was born in San Francisco on 14 December 1916 to Leslie Hardie Jackson and Geraldine Bugbee Jackson. She spent her early childhood in Burlingame, California. She started writing poetry and keeping a journal at an early age; entries date ...
