The Haunting of Hill House - Free Essay Examples And Topic Ideas

In the first fairy tale Eleanor tells herself while on her way to Hill House, she sees a large house with, "a pair of stone lions guarding the steps". In her imagination, not only do the lions serve as her protection, but there is a nightlight which also guards her from the hall as she sleeps and this too offers her addition protection. This desire to be taken care of, as expressed through the details of Eleanor's first dream world,…

Introduction In Shirley Jackson's tragic novel, The Haunting of Hill House, one of the main characters, Eleanor Vance, reveals herself to the reader by subtly hinting at her polite, quiet insanity. Eleanor ventures to Hill House to explore the house's confines and try to understand the terrifying stories that had been circling the house for the past eighty years. The house was not only a place for Eleanor to explore, but at first, as she thought, it was a place…

The story takes place during the 1950s at a place called Hill House which has a miserable reputation of being haunted. Dr. Montague wants to investigate this supernatural phenomenon and decides to invite a group of people who themselves have had supernatural experiences to live with him in this stately home to improve his research. Two women named Theodora and Eleanor respond to his request and along with them is Luke, the heir to Hill House to observe it all.…

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE In the conclusion of the book, you are shown the death of Eleanor. I came to the realization that a very similar death was described previously in the book. Eighteen years before, a man left Hill House in darkness and his horse bolted into a tree at a turn in the drive, instantly killing him. It was very important that both of these events happened in the book. The man's death served as foreshadowing in…