‘From the great black house there sounded through the silent
night the saddest and most pitiful of sounds.’
In Chapter 5, the writer portrays Pondicherry Lodge as bleak and
sinister. The lodge is presented as shadowy as it is described as
a ‘great black house.’ The adjective ‘black’ connotes the
gloominess that surrounds the house and also emphasises the
hostile and suspenseful atmosphere. The writer uses sibilance,
‘silent night the saddest…of sounds’ to emphasise the sorrowful
emotion felt by Mrs Bernstone and reinforces the eeriness in the
chapter. The emotion felt by Mrs Bernstone reflects the typical
representation of women in the Victorian era as fragile and
sensitive. Doyle’s use of language here uses features of the
Gothic genre, and reinforces the mysterious atmosphere in the
chapter.
Elsewhere in the novel, Conan Doyle explores the sinister setting
of….
‘From the great black house there sounded through the silent night the saddest and most
pitiful of sounds.’
night the saddest and most pitiful of sounds.’
In Chapter 5, the writer portrays Pondicherry Lodge as bleak and
sinister. The lodge is presented as shadowy as it is described as
a ‘great black house.’ The adjective ‘black’ connotes the
gloominess that surrounds the house and also emphasises the
hostile and suspenseful atmosphere. The writer uses sibilance,
‘silent night the saddest…of sounds’ to emphasise the sorrowful
emotion felt by Mrs Bernstone and reinforces the eeriness in the
chapter. The emotion felt by Mrs Bernstone reflects the typical
representation of women in the Victorian era as fragile and
sensitive. Doyle’s use of language here uses features of the
Gothic genre, and reinforces the mysterious atmosphere in the
chapter.
Elsewhere in the novel, Conan Doyle explores the sinister setting
of….
‘From the great black house there sounded through the silent night the saddest and most
pitiful of sounds.’
