Deep inside every person lurks a savage and dark side. However, if never pushed to the brink of mental capacity and catastrophe, this darkness might never be seen. In William Golding’s Lord Of the Flies, the reader witnesses young boys brought to an untamed island, and they soon become very untamed themselves. Proof of this is found when the more fearful the boys become of the beast, the more savage they become. Also, they turn off their emotions, allowing them to kill their old friends and acquaintances.
Throughout ‘The Woman in Black’ the theme of isolation is built upon throughout. One of the first times that the theme is explored in great depth is when Kipps is travelling on the train and “the cloud of cold, damp air… added to the chill of the compartment.” Here Hill uses the technique of pathetic fallacy to link the mood to the weather; it is very negative and Kipps is scared and alone. He doesn’t know what to do and there is no one there that can help him and answer any questions in which he way have. The fact that this is a “cloud” is almost metaphorical because of the amount of coldness felt is emphasised and exaggerated using hyperbole; it is trapping him and could be covering up things that he wants to know, adding to the mystery and isolation surrounding him as a character. The “compartment” also suggests that he is alone and trapped away from anything or anyone else which could make him feel more relaxed – Hill is purposely keeping him alone to give him the most unpleasant experiences possible to make the reader feel sympathetic, and from this point onwards in the chapter isolation then continues to build even further.
This shows that Arthur is scared and that he is desperate to get away from the house as quickly as possible due to the fact that he feels like something something is following him. Furthermore, it is clear that he expects that something bad is about to happen and therefore his tension foreshadows the appearance of the mist and the drowning of the pony and trap. Hill uses the senses to give us a sense of the fear and isolation that Arthur is experiencing. For example, in the opening line of the chapter when Arthur notices that “outside, all was quiet.” This line reminds us that Arthur is vulnerable because the land that surrounds Eel Marsh house doesn’t have any neighbors and therefore if Arthur were in danger he would not have anybody to help him. Moreover, the use of the word “Quiet” reverts his loud running over the gravel back to silence which is something that Hill uses a lot to juxtapose the too, but also to make a false sense of safety as now silence has come, danger is just around the corner.
He has to press himself against the wall to ensure that he won’t fall. Even still there is a slight chill breeze and it is night, making it just that more uncomfortable for Tom. When Tom finally was within reaching distance of his paper, he tried to kneel down to pick it up. His head was pressed hard against the bricks and his knees; “he could bend them no further.” He successfully grabbed the paper, and then made the horrible mistake of looking down. Eleven stories up, he looked down and saw the “the miles of traffic signals, the lights of cars and street lamps, countless neon signs, and the moving black dots of people.” This caused an explosion of absolute horror to rip
When the sergeant was asked about his wishes, “his blotchy white face whitens” (3) and when the family begins to joke about his story, the sergeant gets “a look of alarm on his face” (3). The sergeants frightening facial expressions create an eerie mood which signals the uncorrectable mistake the White family made by changing their fate with the monkey's paw. Later that night after Mr. White makes his wish, the weather becomes destructive when “the wind gets high than ever” (5). The
This creates a permanent sense of worry, for if Tom makes one wrong move, he is dead. The reader also feels great suspense upon finding out Tom is locked out of his apartment, and the only way he can back in is to break the window with his fist. Tom explains that there is only a fifty percent chance this will work, since he may stumble if he does not punch the glass hard enough. This adds yet another layer of suspense, for we know as the reader that Tom must choose to break in or not soon. These layers of suspense greatly add in looking into Tom’s head and understanding if Tom can comprehends the peril he put himself into.
In Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, some characteristics of Asperger’s Syndrome and Autism that Christopher has is a sensitivity towards loud noises, an obsession of an incident, and sudden or unexpected touching by another people. Ways he shows his sensitivity towards loud noises is when he is in the train station he described it as “people fighting with swords.” He is also obsessed with finding out who killed Wellington. “He doesn’t do what he is told.” He doesn’t listen to other people because people confuse him. He dislikes whenever someone touches him. He didn’t like how the policeman touched him so he “hit him.” Children that have autism spectrum display many characteristics.
One example of complication was Graces kids, Anne and Nicholas were alergic to the sun, when ever they would go in front of it they would get blissters. So they had to close all the curtains in the house. The kids were always trapped inside while its a beautiful day out there, they could only go out at night. Another example is Anne keeps on seeing Victor the ghost, and keeps scaring Nicholas about that, because hes only little he said there's no such thing as ghost but Anne kept saying there was and he kept coming back and scaring them. The last example for this is at the end of the movie Anne, Nicholas and Grace find out that Mrs. Mills, the old man and the servent were ghosts, they were trying to scare then out of the house and keep the house for them selves.
In chapter 5 the birth of the “hideous fiend” is the sign that his life will change in a bad way. The monster’s ‘black lips and yellow skin’ ‘ugly’, so he rejects it. The weather is important as it informs us of the emotions and the mood of the characters and surroundings. Dull and dark weather reflects the dismal mood of the novel, the; ‘dreary night of November’. This is known as pathetic fallacy.
• Macbeth’s insecurity drives him to see the Witches, which in turn divert his psychological state. He feels even more insecure. • Order is restored when Macbeth is defeated and killed by Macduff. • The Ghost of Banquo is a sign that Macbeth has disrupted