How Does Susan Hill Create Fear In The Woman In Black

In the book The Woman In Black written by Susan Hill the main character, whose name is Arthur Kipps, travels out of London to a little village called Crythin Gifford to go through the papers of the dead Mrs Drablow. Her house, called the Eel Marsh House, is far away from any other house, and it is said to be haunted. When Arthur gets to the house, he sees a woman. She appears and disappears multiple times and Arthur gets a little frightened. The place is nerve-wrecking, so a pony and trap picks Arthur up and brings him back to the village. Back in Crythin Gifford, Arthur Kipps tries to find a companion who can go back to Eel Marsh house with him but no one wants to accompany him. Arthur finds it extremely frustrating that nobody wants to tell him why they don’t want to come with him, but he can’t do anything about that. Arthur finds a dog to bring with him back to the house instead. Things get even more creepy at the Eel Marsh House when it seems like something or someone is in the house. This is where chapter ten starts. Susan Hill creates a feeling of fear and foreboding in the chapter “Whistle …show more content…
Early in the chapter, Hill writes that the house felt like “a ship at sea” (p.151) which indicates that Arthur is puzzled and uncertain about the place. The word “ship” reflects that Arthur could feel a bit sick as well because when you are on a ship at sea, you might be sea-sick. He doesn’t know what is going on, as he has never experienced something like this before. In addition to that, a bit further down the same page, Susan Hill writes that the Eel Marsh House was “as steady as a lighthouse” (p.151). This is interesting because it refers back to the quote written earlier in this paragraph because he felt like he was at sea then, but now he is on land. This indicates that Arthur is extremely confused and puzzled because of all the frightening things going on at the Eel Marsh