The Women in Black The play is a story of a man’s life. This man is Arthur Kipps; he hires an actor to portray the story he has to tell. The story is apparently a horrific and terrifying story. The actor then begins to tell the old man’s story. This type of story telling is known as a “play within a play” The story within the play is about an old house who is recently dis0owned by a women who just died, as is the way I these circumstances, a lawyer is sent up to the old house to tie up any lose ends and sort out the legal material involved in such a circumstance. It soon arises that all is not as it seems in this house; in fact the house appears to be haunted by a women who is dressed all in black and has a drawn, ill looking face. It later becomes clear that the women is lingering on at this house because her son was taken away by her sister, and the women then witnesses a horrific accident in which her son and the nanny both die in a horrific hors and trap accident. Since then the “women in black” has haunted the mansion. And so with the arrival of Mr Kipps to the old house, the scene is set to provide a thrilling ninety minutes of edge of your seat entertainment. So how do the director and actors create such a tense and thrilling atmosphere? The techniques are in some ways very complicated, but on the most part, were very simple. The most predominant technique was in the use of sound. And in some cases the lack of it. For the first, probably, three minutes of the play, absolutely nothing is said, no sound at all is made from the stage. This is a very effective manipulative technique because it utilises the reputation of the play as a very scary play, this makes the audience immediately on ... ... middle of paper ... ...y reveals a very creepy children’s nursery, so this makes the audience assume that what appears to be there probably isn’t what it seems, so you are permanently expecting something to jump out from the shadows making the most mundane of accidents, kicking a bucket (could b symbolic), for example, seem like the trap door being let down on the gallows of child criminal. Appropriately, the last technique used is retrospect. For days after everyone who had seen the play were continually realising what had actually happened in the play. This prolonged the scary effects of the play, and actually prevented me from sleeping. In conclusion the “women in Black” was a play which reduced the audience to dribbling puddles of wobbling, terrified children. It affected me for days after and the affects are still with me. And best of all, it made David Wynter scream.
This is a part of the “Agnes Barton” series (requires that readers have read the original series), but focuses in part on the Paranormal aspect. Agnes 's life has changed a lot since she got into a car accident; she sees her son, which is odd as she has not seen him in a while and he is now a ghost. Her and her friend Eleanor get the Butler Mansion (a bed and breakfast) ready for its grand opening on Halloween. Matters are complicated when the pair find the dead body of Katherine Clark. She has a new partner that has taken the form of a ghost. She struggles to keep this a secret from Eleanor, which is difficult as Eleanor does not miss a whole lot. Agnes wants to connect with her son, Stuart, as she has not had contact with him for a
The play appears to be similar to the story of Oedipus written by Sophocles. Both Oedipus and Willy don’t really realize who they are until the end of the story (Perry). When Oedipus realizes that he killed his father and married his mother, he blinded himself and sent himself into exile. When Willy realized he was a failure after Howard fired him, he decided to kill himself because he had no other way to provide for his family. Arthur Miller was largely influenced by three writers, Bertolt Brecht, Henrik Ibsen, and George Bernard Shaw. Brecht would try to tell stories from a Marxist perspective and he always wanted the audience to be able to engage with what was happening on stage. Brecht also ended most of his plays in trial scenes in which the themes of the play and their political inferences would be argued. Shaw expressed his many social concerns in his plays. Ibsen scandalized subjects such as suicide, feminism, and marital infidelity in “plays of vivid psychological realism” (“Miller’s Influences.”). Both suicide and marital infidelity are discussed in
the play. It looks at the person he is and the person he becomes. It
The Haunting of Hill House is a gothic horror novel written by Shirley Jackson. Supernatural occurrences take place within the house revolving around Eleanor. Eleanor is a thirty-two-year-old woman who never once has felt the sense of inclusion. Eleanor seems to never recall the feeling of delight in her adult years due to the fact that she was a caretaker for her now deceased Mother; who took away most of her freedom by being incredibly restrictive. Dr. Montague, a doctor that specializes in analysis of the supernatural rents Hill House, a supposedly haunted house. During the renting period, Dr. Montague begins an experiment inviting individuals who have had involvement in abnormal events
In the short story "A & P" the author, John Updike, uses the motif of play as one of the main means by which he develops the character of Sammy, the nineteen-year-old narrator and protagonist of the story. In his many and varied references to play, Sammy reveals, along with his obvious immaturity, his rich imagination and potential for possible growth.
This is Eleanor’s story. Another interesting point to make would be to address Eleanor’s obvious sexual orientation – and maybe the repressed identity is what causes the disturbances in the haunted house.
chambers in the mansion (p. 11)," the atmosphere of the room lingers an ominous and creepy
carefully about how the house continues on in ignorance, sympathy can be felt towards it; along
changing attitudes toward life and the other characters in the play, particularly the women; and his reflection on the
The story describes the house as being old and tended by an old man. The house is barely described other than it just being dark (paragraph 4). This adds to the creepy
This whole play by Arthur Miller shows how our community will turn on each other to save ourselves no matter if it’s right or wrong and it’s true in our society today. It also shows how a good man regained his happiness and holiness by standing up for what’s right against the lies and sacrificed himself for the truth.
While describing Aswarby Hall, M R James describes it as a "tall, square, red-bricked house." This is done to create curiosity and interest as the description given is of an average looking house that would be similar to others around it as nothing in particular stands out about the home. M R James uses unexpected settings like this. In traditional ghost stories the setting of a house is often of a grand and unusually eerie house which creates a dark and sinister atmosphere, but M R James does the reverse of this. He describes his settings using people’s everyday lives, for example, the description of the house they live in. He does this as he believes it has a scarier impact on the audience as the reader feels connected to characters and settings that are ordinary just like them, and can no longer separate themselves from characters like Mr Abney. Although to create a sinister atm...
The essay written below disputes the literary devices of imagery and tone in order to provide background and symbolism in the play. In Krapp’s Last Tape, the most important literary devices are imagery and tone because they provide human-like characteristics in the character. They also strive to portray one of the main themes of the play that is self-reflection and attraction towards past recollections. In this essay the use of these two literary conventions most effectively conveys Krapp’s underlying emotions through his contemplations and attitudes to his self-provided recordings.
The woman in black: how does Arthur’s character change during the course of the story? At the beginning of the story Arthur is a proud and striving townsman, who enjoys life. This satisfying state deteriorates by the dreadful experiences he encounters during his stay at Eel marsh house. This affects him for the rest of his life.
The house was old. My grandmother lived in it most of her life. The house was