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media type="youtube" key="xq74oz6mf3w" height="385" width="480"The original 1963 trailer

Monday's Discussion -
 * Why do you think they only give background information about Eleanor?
 * Pg. 22. - "Don't do it..."
 * Pg. 29. - "Hill House...Heaven."
 * Pg. 6. - "...32 years old when he came to Hill House."

Tuesday's Discussion -
 * Pg. 135. - "When Luke and I...to separate us?"
 * Pg. 131. - "A thin little giggle came...moving past them around the house."
 * Running away is mentioned a lot within the first 130 pages. What do you think they are really running away from? Themselves? The situation? The House?...Or are they running away from their persona and shadow?

Wednesday's Discussion -

Ali posted the 1963 version of the movie above. I am going to post the trailer from 1999. Take a look at what actor/actresses play each part. Before you watch the video pick out four actors that you would cast for each role in the book and compare answers when you finish the trailer.

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 * p 138 "Remember //knowing// I was frighten"
 * p 142 "pack of children"
 * Mrs. Dudley's thing with numbers...
 * p 144 "Nell and I are here to be protected
 * p 146 "Help Eleanor come home"

Thursday's discussion - Planchette

Other images people have used to represent it What do they reveal
 * What is your impression of Mrs. Montague, Why did the Hill House talk to her?
 * pg 190 "We won't quarrel over it you must believe what you chose. Just understand sometimes purely materialistic views must give way before fact."
 * pg 194 "'You're Nell?' she demanded, and turned on Theodora. "We thought you were Nell..." Why did Mrs. Montague think Theodora was Nell?
 * pg 201 "It is so cold Elanor though childishly...I am disappearing inch by inch into the house" Elanor and her age?
 * Possible symbols: Red, rabbits, nursery, cold, room colors,the brook, and oleanders (Poisonous trees)

Friday's Discussion -

16 Signs Your House is Haunted: []

I just thought you might want to know if your house is haunted. ;) Questions:
 * What is your overall reaction to the novel?
 * How does the novel compare to Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"?
 * Do you think you could survive the Hill House? Why or why not?
 * Overall analysis of the characters.