Supernatural In The Judge's House Essay

Supernatural, a manifestation or event that attributes to some force beyond scientific and logical understanding. For many, these events involve ghosts, a haunted object and/or a place, just like the events that take place in “The Judge’s House,” by Bram Stoker. The main character, Malcolm Malcolmson is a hardworking young man who just wanted a quiet place to study for an upcoming exam that would isolate him from distractions. Malcolm goes on a search for a quiet place, and then comes across the Judge’s House as he unknowingly moves into this very sinister house. Before he even moves in he is warned by locals about the evil presence that resides in the house, but he seems to do away with this. In this house, he experiences strange supernatural occurrences, yet for all of his encounters, he seems to do away with them, and not pay enough attention to them as he should. Due to his lack of attention, he is murdered in the end. The Judge’s House falls under Gothic Horror, a story having to do with an element of fear, gloom and/or death. Malcolm does not pay attention to the rats, the rope hanging from the alarm bell, and the creepy picture of the Judge. If he had payed attention, he would have not been killed in the end. In this house, he encounters strange events, and strange symbols, but does not pay attention …show more content…
By not paying attention to the rats, and the enormous rat, he did not realize that the rats resembled the Judge, and that they were trying to warn him. Moreover, Malcolm does not pay attention the pictures on the wall, and does not realize that the pictures of the Judge resemble the rat. Lastly, Malcolm does not pay attention to rope hanging from the alarm bell, which in the end is the item that is used to kill him. If Malcolm payed attention to the warnings around him, he would have lived, and would have avoided his