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Category Archive for 'Darkness'

“Room in the Attic” – mysteries and darkness

Posted in Darkness on Jan 20th, 2022

WITH “Room in the Attic,” I was drawn to how David is becoming more drawn to the darkness as he is drawn to Isabel. It to me represented mystery — and how both Isabel is, and David becomes one. In “Room in the Attic,” David can’t see Isabel due to her room being completely dark. […]

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Forbidden Fiction

Posted in Darkness, The Forbidden on Jan 19th, 2022

In the next two stories from Millhauser that we were required to read for today, both “The Room in the Attic” and “Dangerous Laughter” dealt with the forbidden and its attraction. The first story, “The Room in the Attic,” relied heavily on the differences of light and total darkness as a technique for pulling the […]

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