Ghost Stories :: English Literature

Ghost StoriesGhost stories revolve around lots of Spooky tales that dress ondisplacing the readers fear. Some of the main(prenominal) techniques which makethem successful involve Fear, Drama, insecurity and Suspense. However,the main idea is that they create focus too. Such stories which use focus to outstanding affect are The passing Room by H.G. swell andFarthing House by Susan Hill both are written in first personnarrative to allow the reader to get shake up along with the maincharacter. Both stories also build tenseness through their Style,Setting, Structure and Language.The Red Room is about a stalk hunting watch who is a legendary ghost,Farthing House is about a wo valet de chambre who be with her aunt at aresidential house and feels and sees a womans unreal presencein her room - both tales have a dramatic twist at the endTension is created through The Red Rooms aspect in many ways -Firstly I can severalize you, said that it will take a very tangibleghost to fri ghten me. This dramatic opening to the story sets theghost hunter as a Brave, Strong character. The word tangiblesuggests it will take more than a scary image to frighten him, yettension is caused because the reader today expects that something willbe frightening him - soon.H.G. come up builds on this subtle tension and the supposed invincibleman by setting his story to contradict and unease the mansassurances, non only is he in a strange house with a legendary redroom (building immediate suspicion by the circumstance that the room isrenowned, You will show me to this haunted room of yours,) but Wellssurrounds him with grotesque characters too.The three custodians set the story by introducing the reader to theRed Room and through their crusty appearance. If is your ownchoosing, said the man with the sear arm and glanced at me squint-eyed only four lines into the story and the main character, alongwith the reader already senses that all is not well, mainly becausethe man is defor med - withered and because he is acting oddly i.e.looking askance. This action suggests the custodian knows somethingwe dont, he appears too shifty.Wells continues to build tension through introducing the second manwho also adds to the scene shambling bill, more bent, morewrinkled, more aged, his lower lip one-half averted, hung pale and pinkfrom his decaying yellow teeth, began to cough. The verbshambling suggests the man may have a limp and the repetition of theword more portrays a afoul(ip) image of the ageing wreck, barelyhuman. The mans manky description backs this up and encourages the