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" Today there were no clouds at all" and " No cars appeared" these quotes give the sense of isolation and silence. In chapter 5, Keckwick is someone we are introduced to. Keckwick is someone who is a very quite person and doesn't talk a lot, this portrays that keckwick could be hiding something or knows something that can't be said.

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"...neither of them had done more than fall silent and look at me hard and a little oddly, when the subject of Mrs. Drablow had arisen."

the topic of miss drablow is infamous for the alrming expressions and eerie connotations behind it. with silence being the most common answer to the topic of mrs drablow, it leaves the protag (finish later)

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"We were the focus of uneasy glances..." Men were glancing at them weirdly as they looked completely out of place. Their surroundings were bright, warm and welcoming colours that brought joyfulness. On the other hand, Mr Jerome and Kipps were dressed in all black, isolating them from all the other people. This is just the start of the web of silence Hill creates.
"No cars appeared.” This is the second piece of evidence which suggest how secluded and cut off Aruther is from the world.

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In chapter 5 Keckwick is introduced and portrayed as a silent character emphasizing the theme of isolation and silence.creating an eerie silent atmosphere. This chapter also contains gothic features while describing the eel marsh house.  “The only sound I could hear above the trotting of the pony’s hooves” in this quote silence is portrayed indicating the theme of silence and isolation.

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Hill having mentioned where Kipps had come from, we are able to understand why the word silent as well as other words that have connotations to silence and isolation are used.

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prachi: Hill creates a web of silence in the Woman In Black by creating themes of solitude in Eel Marsh House. “today there were no clouds at all, but i could well imagine how magnificentally huge, brooding area of sky would look with grey, scudding rain and storm clouds lowering”. Hill uses pathetic fallacy to describe the desolate environment of Eel Marsh House with significant but small details about the atmosphere. The prescence of no clouds has connotations of something being ‘lacking’ - lacking in noise, lacking in vegetation! This is supported with the “huge, brooding area of sky”. The adjective brooding implicates the sky was like a heavy burden on Kipps - like he was the only one there.

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In London, there would be lots of noises such as horses marching, people talking, etc. But when Arthur Kipps was at Eel Marsh house, he suffered through silence, all he could here and see was just nothing, just a strip of land. “Beyond there seemed to be sky, sky and only a think strip of land.”.

During his visit he also heard crows cawing, which he wouldn’t find in London due to the background noises. “I saw scarcely a tree”, this quotation illustrates the lack of life in that area, while in London people would be shouting. “As far as I could se, and to merge without break into the waters of the estuary, and the line of the horizon.” Showing that there is no escapability from this desolate land.

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“Hearing nothing save the faint keening of the winter wind that came across the marsh” In this quotation, minor parts of the environment such as the wind, are described, as there is no other sound to describe. This implies the web of silence within the area as finding any other sound would be hard to come by. Using the silence as a device to emphasise the eeriness of the Causeway

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‘ The marshes turned iron-grey and the sky seeped down into them’

by saying the sky seeped into them, it’s almost as if there trying to show how the sky camouflaged into the marshes or the sky was so low that it seeped into the marshes and they started to resemble the iron grey looking marshes. The writers implying that the colors were the same and it looked like a silent land, almost as if it’s deadned, just like how grey isn’t a very eventful color

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In chapter 5 we are introduced to Keckwick who is a very quite character who does not speak much. This silence represents withholding information about Keckwick not knowing what is going on inside his head.  Arthur also goes to the country side where he finds a grave yard, and  again silence has been introduced.

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There is a reoccurring  theme of sound where London is portrayed as very loud and The Eel Marsh house was so quiet that certain sounds were highlighted such as rocks on the road we see this in the quote “there was a rough scrapping as the cart came on to the stones” if this were London the sound would likely be drowned out by the sound of cars and the London rush

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Hill intentionally includes a semantic field of water throughout chapter 5, this is seen in the continuous use of verbs that can facilitate the movement of water- “rippled”, “flooded” etc.
These features can carry connotations of tranquility or juxtaposing elements such as death, all of which relate to silence and lack of noise. Moreover, these references are often expanded on through the use of alliteration, “flooding of February”, the first person narrative can also interpret how Arthur kipps is consistently thinking of water related elements.
Moreover, “no clouds at all” is seen to nurture the web of silence as previously clouds and low lying fog are seen to forebode danger or storms that produce noise, the lack of clouds could mean a short lived period of silence ‘before the storm’.

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The silence in communication and conversation between Arthur and Mr Jerome at the beginning of chapter 5 highlights Kipps' internal isolation and solitude. He is away from London and away from his family. This 'silence' of communication here could represent his own internal conflict.

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Arthur Kipps had experienced the liveliness and a large amount of sound from people, shops, birds, etc. Whereas in the Eel Marsh House, he experiences isolation and solitude. This is due to the lack of life near the dilapidated and desolate house. One good quote to show this would be 'beyond there seemed to be sky, sky and a thin strip of land. This implies that the place is isolated and it also could make Arthur Kipps feel trapped. This is when he experienced a 'web of silence'. This also shows the juxtaposition between the two areas and his feelings.

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“When the light rippled, shadow chasing shadow across the ploughing fields” is a sense of foreboding and personification.

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A web of silence is  a good way of creating a theme of isolation in gothic literature. Hill creates a web of silence using descriptive language to describe the practically lifeless setting. “As we drove briskly across the flat countryside, I saw scarcely a tree, but hedgerows were dark and twiggy and low.”   The adverb ‘scarcely’ suggests how empty the place is, indicating a lack of noticeable life. This gives an idea on how empty this area is and can make both the protagonist and the reader feel awkward and isolated. Furthermore, hedgerows, which are commonly an aesthetically pleasing sign of a tranquil, flourishing countryside are described as dark, twiggy and low. This shows that this area is dead, and nobody has been there for quite a while as the hedgerows are described to be not taken care of.  This creates an eerie tone and makes everything seem silent as the only thing that is happening is Arthur describing his surroundings.

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Arthur Kipps says “no cars appeared” this gives a sense of isolation and that he is all alone, no cars give a sound of silence. In the Victorian times there were not that much cars in that period.

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The descriptions of Eel marsh house in chapter 5 all link together to create a web of silence which exasperates the theme of isolation. "The only sounds i could hear above the trotting of the pony's hooves, the rumble of the wheels and the creak of the cart." Hill's usage of these sounds shows just how silent the environment is near Eel Marsh House since sounds like these would normally be irrelevant and unnoticeable, but are more profound in this isolated and lonely area.

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"we were the focus of uneasy glances, men drew back from us slightly and fell silent and stiff, in the middle of their conversations" this was in chap 4, when Sam Daily and Kipps were going to Ms. Drablows funeral.

The men falling silent when glancing at Arthur Kipps could be a metaphor for how people fall silent when witnessing the women and black and how this creates a silent, eerie atmosphere and a web of silence.

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“Today here we’re no clouds at all, but I could well imagine how magnificently the huge,brooding area of sky would look with grey,” meaning that the setting was dark and scary theme

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‘Outside, all was quiet’ shows that around him is literally a web of silence and is an isolation factor that matches the theme

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Keckwick doesn't speak unless it's necessary. He greatly influences the themes of isolation and silence.

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Alex- They lay silent, still and shining under the November sky” silent gives us a theme of isolation and an idea that he is all alone 

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Alex- They lay silent, still and shining under the November sky” silent gives us a theme of isolation and an idea that he is all alone 