Gothic Tropes - The Haunting of Hill House by

knott_chloe — 2024-10-27 21:15:59 UTC

The Haunting of Hill House is about a family haunted by a lot of memories, regrets, and losses. The show follows each family member as they deal with things from their past that they can’t escape. Like in Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher, the Hill House itself is like almost alive in a way, and to me, it is holding onto the family’s pain and secrets.

knott_chloe — 2024-10-27 21:20:01 UTC

The Haunting of Hill House uses ghosts as symbols of the things people carry from their past like the hurt, fears, and the family dynamics that will change them, even when or if they try to move on. This relates to the theme in Kingston's “No Name Woman,” where family and community shame haunts a woman and her family for years and years. I think that both stories show that sometimes what haunts us the most is what’s left unsaid or unresolved.

knott_chloe — 2024-10-27 21:24:13 UTC