Shady Plot‚ a short story by Elsie Brown‚ is in first person narrative describing a ghost story writer. The writer is urged by his friend to write a new ghost story for his magazine. The author is very disturbed and can ’t figure out a proper storyline. While he contemplates on the plot of his story it turns dark. He starts talking to himself when suddenly he hears the ghost Helen ’s voice. He is startled and unable to comprehend anything. He gaped helplessly when the ghost bursts into frustration:
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second occasion refers to Governess’s commitment to give more of her “ordinary human virtue” to protect the children from the ghosts. The use of the title in the prologue is to a great extent appropriate for the novella as it implies a sense of heightened tension as if the title referred to the tightening of physical thumbscrews. Douglas says that as the child in the story has the effect of turning the screw and increasing suspense for the reader‚ how much more apprehension is created by the involvement
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‘The Turn of the Screw is essentially an ambivalent text. Its narrative prompts divergent‚ even opposite readings‚ but does not reconcile them. What happens remains irrevocably uncertain’ James uses the prologue to the novel to introduce the themes with in this Novella but more importantly he encourages the readers to be active in reading between the lines ‚ and not to accept what is said at face value ‚ James achieves this by surrounding Douglass with a group of people who are clearly and
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Life of Pi – Nice To Eat You; A Story About Ghosts and Vampires ‘Life of Pi’ is a story that is mainly focused on the aspect of survival. Being trapped together with Richard Parker‚ a Royal Bengal tiger‚ Pi’s odds seem to have been pulverized to nothing. Yet as the story progresses‚ Richard Parker begins to give Pi hope and a reason to survive. Pi’s will to survive returns; if he can survive while living together with a Bengal Tiger‚ he can survive anything. Although seeming a huge threat to Pi
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WOMAN IN BLACK ENGLISH LITERATURE • THE EXAM DATE- 22nd May 2012 @08:45 am • 1 hour 30 mins YOU MUST BRING YOUR TEXTS TO SCHOOL FOR THE EXAM! |SECTION A |SECTION B | |Spend 45 mins |Spend 45 mins | |
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Kellie’s Castle Ghost Many know the love story attached to the Taj Mahal. But how many of you know the story of a Scottish man named William Kellie Smith and his beloved wife Agnes? In 1890‚ a young Smith left his home farm in Kellas for Malaya. It is not known why he ventured to Malaya for career opportunities much less when he actually arrived. However‚ he integrated in to the community with ease. He bounced around several business opportunities finding some success but it wasn’t until he me Alma
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by Charles Dickens is a pre-20th century short story‚ written in around 19th century. It is a Gothic story as a genre. A Gothic story is a type of romantic fiction that predominated in English literature. The Gothic novel emphasized mystery and horror and was filled with ghost haunted rooms‚ underground passages‚ and secret stairways. These ingredients are essential and crucial for Gothic story in order to create suspense to the readers. In the story an obvious theme of mystery and suspense are
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genre of stories does Jenkins want the narrator to write? Why? Answer :Jenkins had always called upon Hallock whenever he wanted a ghost story to be published in his magazine. John’s ghosts were live propositions as Jenkins called them. This time again Jenkins wanted Hallock to come up with another supernatural thriller‚ which would give the readers horrors and that is what the public wanted too. Does the narrator like writing ghost stories? Support your answer with evidence from the story. Answer
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The Ghost of Brierwood Book Synopsys When five 5th graders from Brierwood elementary are assigned the entertainments section of their school’s fall festival‚ the children decide to put on a play that will be remembered for generations. But putting on the play will come with more challenges than expected. The children must take on the task of preparing the school’s old abandoned auditorium for the play. With an auditorium that looks like something out of a horror movie‚ filled with decades of ghostly
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builds a close relationship between the novel and it’s readers. The reactions to this can be psychologically analyzed by how James developed his story. He raises rhetorical questions‚ provides an unreliable narrator‚ unexpected changes‚ an interesting prologue‚ and useful imagery in order to provide a sense of vagueness that only the readers
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