Ghost Stories :: English Literature

Ghost StoriesGhost stories revolve around lots of flighty tales that work ondisplacing the reviewers fear. Some of the main techniques which makethem successful dissemble Fear, Drama, Danger and Suspense. However,the main idea is that they create tautness too. Such stories which recitationtension to dramatic affect are The rosy Room by H.G. Wells andFarthing House by Susan Hill both are written in first personnarrative to allow the reader to lounge around scared along with the maincharacter. Both stories also body-build tension through their Style,Setting, Structure and Language.The Red Room is about a weirdy hunts humilitary personnel being who is a legendary ghost,Farthing House is about a womanhood who stays with her aunt at aresidential support and feels and sees a womans supernatural presencein her room - both tales have a dramatic twist at the endTension is created through The Red Rooms setting in many ways -Firstly I backside assure you, said that it will take a very tactileghost to frighten me. This dramatic opening to the baloney sets theghost hunter as a Brave, Strong character. The word tangiblesuggests it will take more than than a scary image to frighten him, yettension is caused because the reader now expects that something willbe frightening him - soon.H.G. Wells builds on this penetrating tension and the supposed invincibleman by setting his story to contradict and edginess the mansassurances, not only is he in a strange house with a legendary redroom (building immediate suspicion by the fact that the room isrenowned, You will show me to this haunted room of yours,) further 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 withered arm and glanced at measkance only four lines into the story and the main character, alongwith the reader already senses that all is not well, in the first place becausethe man is deformed - withered and because he is acting oddly i.e. look 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 shamble step, more bent, morewrinkled, more aged, his lower backtalk 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 disgusting image of the ageing wreck, barelyhuman. The mans manky description backs this up and encourages the