Wuthering Heights By Emily Brontë The Haunting of Hill House By Shirley Jackson

Wuthering Heights Background Published in 1847 Based partly on the Gothic tradition of the late eighteenth century Style of literature featured: Supernatural encounters Crumbling ruins Moonless nights Grotesque imagery Mystery Fear

The Haunting of Hill House Background Published in 1959 Apart of the Penguin Horror series Collection of novels, stories, and poems curated by Guillermo del Toro Considered one of the best literary ghost stories published during the twentieth century Utilizes complex relationships between: Mysterious events in the house The characters’ psyches

The Haunting of Hill House Main Characters Wuthering Heights The Haunting of Hill House Mr. Lockwood Mrs. Ellen Dean Hindley Earnshaw Catherine Earnshaw Heathcliff Edgar Linton Isabella Linton Eleanor Vance Dr. Montague Mrs. Montague Luke Sanderson Theodora Arthur

Main Theme Supernatural manifestations Ghosts Wuthering Heights Mr. Lockwood comes in contact with Catherine’s spirit Heathcliff is driven mad by Catherine’s spirit every night eventually leading to his death The Haunting of Hill House Dr. Montague is a professional analysis of supernatural manifestations Wants to study a “haunted” house – Hill House Assembles a crew to go there based on their accounts of abnormal events Eleanor hears voices in her head Thinks Hill House is her home and she can’t leave Mrs. Montague and Arthur use a planchette Talk to spirits Says its “Eleanor Nellie Nell Nell”

Themes Along With Semester Biggest stand out Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” Also in the Penguin Horror series Haunted by the loss of a loved one Poe Lenore Heathcliff Catherine Voices inside one’s head The narrator thinks there’s something at his chamber door Eleanor thinks she hears her mother calling her *Adaptations have been made to all three of these literary works*

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