The Haunting Of Hill House

In Charles, we have seen how a traditional housewife being restricted in family trifles; and in The Haunting of Hill House, we read a young woman who was alienated from the society, failed to find her self-identity and company of others, ended her life by suicide. Both the two stories reveal the physically and mentally vulnerable of women, as well as their unconsciously helpless and anxiety; depend on male, while yearn for freedom. In Jackson’s last novel, it surprised us with a convert, by depicting the young Merricat as woman warrior who against the patriarchy tradition, resist the male (Charles) to protect her elder sister, and tends to play the role as the father. Although echo of the former novels can be found in “the Castle”, for example