![]() After all, could it not be that, every so often, the lunacy of one (or a group) infects someone else by means of mechanisms unexpected or unfathomable? And are such things not worth deciphering? The truth about free will is a mystery, a paradox, one that is oft explored in Lovecraftian fiction. I bring up all that because such mysteries and concepts are parts of the reason why I find The Whisperer in Darkness so fascinating. Furthermore, that notion is also interesting to me because I see the mind, the will, thus human identity itself, as something that is so utterly fragile and protean it can in a trice become possessed by any number of factors, variables, strong emotions, hyperactivity, forgetfulness, fixation, paranoia, and any number of mental illnesses (e.g., fugue, paranoid schizophrenia) that might generate or transform into false perceptions, false memories, hallucinations, and ultra-acute dreams that could trigger or reinforce the dominance and patterns of intrusive thoughts or monomaniacal delusions. I think that, if you do something someone tells you to do, only you are responsible for your actions, no one else however, there may be exceptions, as life and humans are complicated and imperfect. I think that is an interesting topic, and I also believe, generally speaking, just because someone tells you to do something doesn’t mean you should do it. Whispering throughout the story are what might be described as fears of words, sounds, ideas, senses, and the human receptiveness to the ideas of others. Keeping that point of view in mind while analyzing the text, a kind of isolationist, nigh-agoraphobic warning is illuminated upon throughout the story, a cautionary attitude, suggestive of social anxiety disorder, a sort of manifestation of the possible dangers of human interdependence, human curiosity, and conversation itself. ![]() Wilmarth) is being scammed or deceived, that he is the victim of a joke, a confidence game, a hoax. There’s sufficient evidence throughout the plot that points toward the validity of that claim, an assertion which implies that the main character (Mr. ![]() See, I like to think that the major events of the novella’s narrative were all a trick. The general aim of this article will be to compare those two pieces, especially by looking at how they both employ themes of deception, obsession, and forbidden knowledge (or knowledge accompanied by falsehood and/or menace).īefore truly beginning, I should like to digress by stating that this article relies and/or focuses heavily on an idea of mine, a sort of translation, or my preferred look at the text of H. The Whisperer in Darkness (2011) is a movie starring Matt Foyer produced by Andrew Leman, Sean Branney, and David Robertson directed by Sean Branney and presented and/or distributed by the H. Lovecraft’s The Whisperer in Darkness and the HPLHS motion picture adaptation of it. In what hereinafter is to come, I will not be reviewing solely one piece I will be reviewing two: H.
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