TWIB: opening

Question 1

Opening- highlights the effects of the hauntings on arthur

Answer 1

-“i had always known in my heart that the experiences would never leave me, that it was now woven into my very fibres
-“growing old well before my time”

Question 2

Opening- sets up theme of gothic horror/gothic conventions

Answer 2

-“we had had rain, chilling rain and a mist that lay low about the house”
-“wretched weather, never seeming to come fully light”

Question 3

Opening- builds tension

Answer 3

-“none of you have an idea”
-“heart pounding, my breathing short”
-“mounting unease”

Question 4

Opening- intro to ghost stories

Answer 4

-“dank charrel houses and overgrown graveyards, of foot steps creaking upon staircases and fingers tapping at casements”
-“its ancient tradition”