How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"The gates are locked. Hill House has a reputation for insistent hospitality; it seemingly dislikes letting its guests get away. The last person who tried to leave Hill House in darkness—it was eighteen years ago, I grant you—was killed at the turn in the driveway, where his horse bolted and crushed him against the big tree" (3.78)
Hill House offers a certain amount of freedom in its confinement. Sure, you have the option to leave, but it really wants you to stay and have a sleepover.
Quote #5
"Anyway," Eleanor said, "I hate having things done to me." (4.162)
Eleanor's confinement is both a physical and emotional one. In fact, as this scene shows, the two are closely related. An emotional cage can restrain someone physically, and a physical cage can restrain someone emotionally. What kind of cage is Hill House?
Quote #6
"[…] we were frightened, certainly, and found the experience unpleasant while it was going on, and yet I cannot remember that I felt in any physical danger […]." (5.25)
The freedom within confinement trend continues in the house's paranormal manifestations. It's not like Hill House holds the people down and forces them to listen to its little horror show, but the mental sense of wrongness confines the inhabitants all the same.