The term "uncanny" is used to describe the unsettling feeling of encountering something that is familiar and yet seems strange or alien. The uncanny is often used in genres such as horror to create an atmosphere of unease--the voice in the back of your mind telling you something isn't quite right. In this close reading of the short story “The Sandman” by E.T.A. Hoffman we will explore Freud’s concept of the uncanny and how the familiar can become terrifying. “Uncanny is in reality nothing new or alien, but something which is familiar and old-established in the mind and which has become aliena…
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