Eunhae Han’s Reviews > Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror & Speculative Fiction > Status Update

One of its most compelling ideas is that the supernatural often provides a way to examine realities that are difficult to confront directly. A ghost can represent unresolved grief. A monster can expose social prejudice. A haunted house can reveal the violence hidden inside an apparently respectable family. An imagined scientific breakthrough can raise questions about human ambition and responsibility.