The Uncanny

I found that Freud talked about some of the points we have been discussing in class throughout the semester, especially as it relates to fear.  On page 2, Freud states "...we are tempted to conclude that what is 'uncanny' in frightening precisely because it is not known and familiar.  Naturally not everything which is new and unfamiliar is frightening, however; the relation cannot be inverted."  Naturally, most of our fears are of what cannot be explained rationally in the mind because we do not have a precise explanation for them yet.  This is to say that if one were home alone and heard the slam of a door, one would be frightened because the cause is unknown.  The person could jump to irrational conclusions out of fear, and these thoughts will not be consoled until said person investigates the situation and finds an answer to the situation.  When the person finds out that the door slam resulted from a gust of wind that came through an open window, the person has closure and an explanation for the event and it is no longer a threat because a rational explanation has been attributed to it.