The Haunting of Hill House

One important child-like state which the house is able to exploit is the characters' desire to convince himself or herself that he is not afraid when he is, and the desire to not be the one who acts afraid. For example, we read that "It had become Eleanor's habit to hesitate in the doorway of her room, glancing around quickly before she went inside; she told herself that this was because the room was so exceedingly blue and always took a moment to get used to" (153). By trying to hide from herself the fact that she is afraid, she only gives her fear more power. If she could acknowledge her fear, talk about it, perhaps even laugh about it, she would defuse some of it.

Eleanor is at least able to express to herself her fear of being the one who finally is broken by the house, but that self-acknowledgement does not free her emotionally or psychologically. All it does is make her all the more a prisoner of he

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