Susan Hill Essays
Fear, Foreboding, and a False Sense of Security: The Importance of Spider in The Woman in Black 11th Grade
The Woman in Black
In ‘The Woman in Black’ Spider is an anthropomorphic character. He takes the form of a small dog owned by Samuel Daily. Although easily overlooked, the importance of Spider as a literary device in the novel should not be overlooked. The first...
Gothic Conventions in 'The Woman in Black' 11th Grade
The Woman in Black
‘The Woman in Black’ by Susan Hill is often described as a ‘ghost story’ and it’s eerie and considerably terrifying narrative falls well within gothic tradition. In this essay I will explore the gothic conventions used and the effectiveness with...
The Ways in Which Susan Hill and Thomas Hardy Present the Supernatural in The Woman in Black and Poems 1912-13 12th Grade
The Woman in Black
A key theme occurring across Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black and Thomas Hardy’s Poems 1912-13 is the concept of the supernatural. Both Hill and Hardy describe apparitions of ghosts and communication with spirits in their work; however, the...
The Natural World in 'Dolly' and 'Wide Sargasso Sea' College
Dolly: A Ghost Story
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and Dolly by Susan Hill both show connections between humans and the natural world. Rhys presents the rich landscape of postcolonial Jamaica to be difficult to harmonise with yet as able to provide comfort, which is...
