Zusammenfassung der Ressource
How does hill present
the Woman in Black as a
figure of mystery and
fear in the novel?
- 1. first suspicions of what his dealings associate with at Eel Marsh house begin when he is on the train with Mr Daily
- his sudden attitude alters to which Mr Kipps and the reader doesnt expect
- "he gave me a straight look" "For some reason I shuddered, all the more because of the openness of his
gave and the direcness of his mannor"
- Any relations with Eel Marsh house, unpleasent reactions were provoked which Kipps doesnt understand and wants to learn more.
- 2.Hill uses personification to describe he town " the houses huddled together and looking in on
themselves"
- Kipps feels a sense of comfort and safety and begins to understand Dailys description of Crythin Gifford.
- this personification shows that Kipps feels ressured and at home here, compared to how he feels at Eel Marsh house, later in the novel
- 3. The landlords reaction, he dismisses Kipps " his face flickered with... what? Alarm, was it? supicion"
- Kipps suspicions begin to be aroused " I was been left in no doubt that there was signifiance in what had been left unsaid"
- It is Mr Jeromes reaction which conferms Kipps determination to find out about this
mysterious character in Black.
- Whn Kipps brings up what he saw at the grave yard " wasting disease, for not only extremly pale"
- He fails to realise thatshe might be connected with supernatural activities.
- Mr Jerome sudden reaction " stopped dead. He was staring at me" " about to faint or collapse with some some kind of
seizure"