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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Arthur Kipps o Introduced in the novel as an old man describing his younger self as arrogant. o A young solicitor looking for a higher position in his law firm. o A typical ghost story main character‚ a sceptic‚ a non-believer- “I never thought of myself as a fanciful man”. o He was sent to CG to deal with the papers of Mrs Alice Drablow. o He is a little stuck up and believes that he is above the country people-
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The governess shows no fear of the ghosts physically hurting the children‚ merely that the figures of Jessel and Quint will corrupt their innocence. To the governess‚ the idea of the innocent children being corrupted by these figures is much more terrifying then the ghosts physically harming or killing the children or herself. The corruption itself is ambiguous as the type of corruption is never clarified
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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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did not specialize in ghost stories‚ but more or less‚ they seemed to specialize in me’. 2. Why does John want the ghost to disappear before his wife appears on the scene ? 3. What made Lavinia buy a Ouija board? How did the narrator react to her doing? 4. What is your impression of Mrs. Lavinia? 5. How did the narrator react to the appearance of the ghost? 6. Why was Helen‚ the ghost going on strike? What condition did she lay for providing help? Or Why was the ghosts angry with the Ouija
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country know story. Soon the idea of the Myrtles Plantation being haunted spread as fast as wild fire. The place was popping up everywhere‚ LIFE magazine‚ Houses of Horror book‚ and more. Of course‚ more "ghost stories" were made‚ but none have been proven with factual evidence. The Myrtles‚ a place that housed many owners who all had their share of bad luck in it. A placed suspected to be greatly haunted‚ but only an old house with creaks and cracks in it. Even though the stories aren’t real the
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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?” The Turn of the Screw is a very suggestive and highly ambiguous story. Its suspense and horror is generated primarily by what is not said and what isn’t shown. Because of the vague and very mysterious story‚ the viewer is compelled to fill in the blanks from his/her own personal fears. The audience ultimately conjures up a more horrifying set of images and circumstances. The story is set in the 1840’s‚ in a country home in Essex‚ England. The protagonist is a governess
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5-(a): What genre of stories does Jenkins want the narrator to write? Why? Answer 5-(a): 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. Question 5-(b): Does the narrator like writing ghost stories? Support your answer with
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