How Does Hill Create a Sense of Terror for the Reader Towards the End of Chapter 'in the Nursery'?

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How does Hill create a sense of terror for the reader towards the end of chapter 'In the Nursery'? Hill starts the chapter with references to the weather and this may be used to create a contrast later on in the book. The “blue skies”, are a stark contrast to the grey imposing ‘Eel Marsh House’, and the “sunshine” is a contrast with the gruelling task which Arthur Kipps has to carry out. Even Arthur’s emotions regarding the house seem to be connected with the weather as when the mists are over and around the house Arthur seems to be scared and worries about the things throughout the house. To add to the mystery, when Arthur gets woke up by Spider, there is a noise which Arthur is obviously scared of and when he first wakes up he refers to the silence as ominous and dreadful. Furthermore after this event happens, the weather changes to a much “colder and damp” feeling which shows us that Hill has decided to connect weather with the goings on in the house. Once the noise has started again, Arthur refers to his job as “ghost hunting” which adds the ominous terror of what is in that room. To add to the terror as it was a moonless night, there would be very little for him to see with only his torch. Hill then revisits one of the terrors Arthur has already experienced with ‘The sound of a pony and trap’, by repeating the noise of a pony and trap, in the distance, crashing into the quicksand ahead, and as it was a moonless night, only the sound would be heard and nothing of the pong or the trap would be seen. Following Arthur’s distressing experience, Hill then refers to him “dying of fear”, as he finds the door which he tried to enter but was locked, wide open. This is a very intense moment of fear for both Arthur and the reader as the terror of knowing that someone is in that house is too much for Arthur. Arthur then refers to “half-thoughts of murder and

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