The Haunting Of Hill House

Shirley Jacksons The Haunting of Hill House tells the story of Dr. Montague, a professor studying the supernatural. After inviting Eleanor, Theodora, and Luke to stay at Hill House and participate in his study, weird occurrences begin to happen. Loud noises are heard at night, sections of the house are deathly cold, and strange writing is found on one of the walls. The house appears to come alive, slowly devouring those that inhabit it until it eventually claims one of their lives in a climatic ending.
Jackson’s novel contains gothic elements yet subverts the gothic genre because of the lack of physical violence. Instead Jackson relies on psychological issues and psyche to scare her readers in the Haunting of Hill House. The three prominent gothic elements are grotesque characters, characterisation and supernatural and inexplicable events.
Bram stokers three gothic elements used are supernatural and inexplicable events and grotesque characters and characterisation.
Draculas castle despite its age is a solid building which encompasses a lot of contextual history.. When Jonathan Harker arrives at the castle he states “ I became conscience of the fact that the driver was pulling up in a courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky” immediately this gives us an image of the old castle and hints that something may not be right. The castle itself Is hundreds of years old and has many hidden rooms and passage ways which adds fuel to the mystery of the building