In an article it was said that “the effect is to give the story a strong feeling of authenticity that not only underscores the horrors described but also implies that horrors even more profound lurk just beyond the limits of perception,” (Neilson and Barth). This was written to show that the way he described the setting of this town gave the reader a hint that something was wrong and something evil had happened there. Lovecraft writes “Those figures are so silent and furtive that one feels somehow confronted by forbidden things, with which it would be better to have nothing to do. When a rise in the road begins the mountains in view above the deep woods, the feeling of strange uneasiness is increased,” (Lovecraft.) The way he describes the mountains and rocks show that he is trying to foreshaodow that this place is hiding unimaginable horrors. The quotes tie in with the fact that Lovecraft uses many adjectives to tell you that something is not quite right with
In an article it was said that “the effect is to give the story a strong feeling of authenticity that not only underscores the horrors described but also implies that horrors even more profound lurk just beyond the limits of perception,” (Neilson and Barth). This was written to show that the way he described the setting of this town gave the reader a hint that something was wrong and something evil had happened there. Lovecraft writes “Those figures are so silent and furtive that one feels somehow confronted by forbidden things, with which it would be better to have nothing to do. When a rise in the road begins the mountains in view above the deep woods, the feeling of strange uneasiness is increased,” (Lovecraft.) The way he describes the mountains and rocks show that he is trying to foreshaodow that this place is hiding unimaginable horrors. The quotes tie in with the fact that Lovecraft uses many adjectives to tell you that something is not quite right with