Eleanor’s ____ in the wake of her mother’s passing, is clear from the outset of the novel: "____, Eleanor would have ____.” This statement shows clearly the way in which Eleanor is characterised; she is a ____, with very little joy in her life, in fact, she even states that she ____ her family. This invitation ____ her as it presents an opportunity to do something ____. She feels ____ for the first time. There is a sense that the journey to Hill House has almost been ____ for Eleanor, as it is described as “the ____ of road”. This suggests that Eleanor believes what is happening to her is ____ or part of a bigger plan for her life. We can see from this that she has built up her expectations of Hill House to be something almost ____, thus conveying the first instance of Hill House’s ____, even from afar. Having been ____ by the initial invitation and journey to the house, Eleanor’s first impressions are far from ____: “Hill House is ____. It is ____; ____ here at once.” It shows us the power the house has over Eleanor, leading to such a ____ reaction. She is immediately taken aback by the house and ____ by its very presence. Looking up at the house, it is described as: “____ awake, with a ____ from the ____ windows and a touch of ____ in the eyebrow of a ____.” This ____ helps to cement the house as a ____ within itself. It illustrates the fact that Eleanor already believes it to be in some way ____ the people within. The idea of the house being part of Eleanor's pre-determined story is echoed in the repeated ____: “____”. The quote comes from Shakespeare’s ____ and the lovers reference its main characters who have been ____ and spend the rest of their lives desperately seeking one another. Somehow, be it supernatural or otherwise, Eleanor and the house are connected much like the “lovers”. At the beginning, Eleanor clearly believes that the lover will be another person – ____, given the homosexual undertones of their friendship, but as the novel goes on we realise it is, in fact, ____ that has drawn her in and is the “lover” she is so desperate to be united with.

Haunting of Hill House Quote Analysis

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