The Woman in Black Susan Hill

‘The Woman in Black’ by Susan Hill is often described as a ‘ghost story’ and it’s eerie and considerably terrifying narrative falls well within gothic tradition. In this essay I will explore the gothic conventions used and the effectiveness with...

A key theme occurring across Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black and Thomas Hardy’s Poems 1912-13 is the concept of the supernatural. Both Hill and Hardy describe apparitions of ghosts and communication with spirits in their work; however, the...

In ‘The Woman in Black’ Spider is an anthropomorphic character. He takes the form of a small dog owned by Samuel Daily. Although easily overlooked, the importance of Spider as a literary device in the novel should not be overlooked. The first...