Haunted Stories
In my culture the fear of hauntings is very strong, the idea of a spirit lingering, cursed in this world, is evident in the common epitaph RIP, or Rest in Peace. The idea of ghosts and haunted houses can be found in many books and movies. One in particular, The Amityville Horror, a book by Jay Anson, and later made into a movie, is a particularly frightening story because it is reported to be true. The story I chose to read for this week’s assignment is, Letter to Sura, by Pliny the Younger. The letter is a request for the opinion of whether or not the recipient, one Lucius Licinius Sura, believes in the existence of ghosts. Three stories are related, one of them being a personal depiction, that take place in the household
In my culture the fear of hauntings is very strong, the idea of a spirit lingering, cursed in this world, is evident in the common epitaph RIP, or Rest in Peace. The idea of ghosts and haunted houses can be found in many books and movies. One in particular, The Amityville Horror, a book by Jay Anson, and later made into a movie, is a particularly frightening story because it is reported to be true. The story I chose to read for this week’s assignment is, Letter to Sura, by Pliny the Younger. The letter is a request for the opinion of whether or not the recipient, one Lucius Licinius Sura, believes in the existence of ghosts. Three stories are related, one of them being a personal depiction, that take place in the household