Freud, Sigmund (1919) The "Uncanny"

Freud (1919) states that the 'uncanny' "...undoubtedly belongs to all that is terrible-to all that arouses dread and creeping horror; it is equally certain, too, that the word is not always used in a clearly definable sense, so that it tends to coincide with whatever excites dread." I vehemently agree with Sigmund Freud as from my own personal experiences and witnessing others' reactions when presented with something uncanny, it has been clear that the emotions surrounding the 'uncanny' are not pleasant and the 'thing' that has caused those emotions is often something terrible, for example, this somewhat mummified rat was found when doing some building work on our house and it instantly aroused "dread and creeping horror" and I recognised the presence of the uncanny straight away as I found I could not stop looking at it, despite the repulsion I felt.