The Dunwich Horror
What is the significance of the Horror's birth in the short story, The Dunwich Horror?
The Dunwich Horror
The Dunwich Horror
The author uses Wilbur and the Horror's birth to act as a symbol for the entrance of evil into the human world. Only after their births does the town lose its natural order. Presumably, the two's births act as a herald to the coming of their father, Yog-Sothoth, and the Old Ones.
The Dunwich Horror