concept

supernatural hand

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description
A mysterious and terrifying, unseen hand that the young narrator felt holding his during a prolonged childhood nightmare, causing immense fear and confusion.
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nameless, unimaginable, silent
effect
awful fears
origin
childhood nightmare
sensation
shock, pressure

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  • referenced_byChildhood Nightmare
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    but a supernatural hand seemed placed in mine. My arm hung over the counterpane, and the nameless, unimaginable, silent form or phantom, to which the hand belonged, seemed closely seated by my bed-side
  • referenced_byNarrator
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    Now, take away the awful fear, and my sensations at feeling the supernatural hand in mine were very similar, in their strangeness, to those which I experienced on waking up and seeing Queequeg’s pagan arm thrown round me
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    2026-03-02T00:02:42.133Z
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