The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson

The opening of The Haunting of Hill House introduces three main elements of the book. In terms of mood, the first paragraph is intentionally vague, with ominous undertones which set the atmosphere for the book. The first line introduces many...

Over the past three decades, films in the genre of horror and suspense have been among the top grossing movies with relation to volume of tickets and amount of movies made. According to a 2004 paper in the Journal of Media Psychology by Dr. Glenn...

True literature has two purposes, the first is to show a reflection of society, and the second is to encourage social change by showing an unflattering reflection. In 1959, Shirley Jackson published her acclaimed novel The Haunting of Hill House,...

Shirley Jackson’s classic horror novel The Haunting of Hill House proves by example that feelings of horror don’t have to come directly from supernatural creatures or events, but can come from seemingly normal characters themselves, and more...