Analysis Of Hester Gorst’s “The Doll’s House”

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Analysis of Hester Gorst’s “The Doll’s House” I have read "The Doll's House" by Hester Gorst. It’s a short horror fiction written in 1933. The story centers on the main character, whose name is never mentioned. He has a fascination for old antiques, especially old furniture in small-scale editions. The story’s conflict starts when the main character’s weakness for miniature models makes him buy a little doll-like house. The house looks perfect from the outside, and from what you can see on the inside. In the nights following, he gets reoccurring dreams in where he is another person that follows a woman. He never gets to her, though. The dream is happening inside the doll house. He wants to know if it’s the house that makes him dream or if it’s just himself, and whether he sleepwalks. His friend, Jack, suggests that he sleeps at the main character’s place to determine this. When the main character falls asleep that night, he gets the same dream. But this time, he gets to the other person in the dream and kills it. He wakes up to see that he has killed Jack. The main character is 20-30 years old, considering that his friend, Jack, just have gotten engaged. He has a fascination for old antiques, especially old furniture in small-scale editions. He creates his own models of pottery for the British museum, and is wealthier than most people. Jack is the main character’s good friend. They used to study together. He has recently gotten engaged. The main character doesn’t like it, because it means that he gets Jack less for himself. He eventually convinces himself to accept Jack’s fate. The story contains typical elements of the gothic: an empty creepy house, which in this case is the doll house. The atmosphere from within the dream is described in a very creepy tone. And then there’s just something about this old doll house that is very mystical. First of all, we

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