Characteristics Of Effective Ghost Stories The ghost story genre is one that is very complex. Each ghost story can be told in a different way and still be effective. A ghost is a supernatural force. Supernatural themes are often associated with paranormal and occult ideas. Supernatural comes from the Latin word “supra” and means the above nature‚ anything above or beyond what holds to be natural and exists outside natural law and the observable neighborhood. Jamesian and Freud both developed
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COMPULSORY READING ’’Ghost Stories’’ RETOLD BY Rosemary Border ABOUT THE AUTHORS: A. M. BURRAGE Alfred McLellan Burrage (1889-1956) was a well-known English novelist. He enjoyed writing about ghosts and horror‚ and produced two novels and many short stories in this genre. ’’Smee’’ comes from his collection entitled ’’Someone in the Room’’. BRAM STOKER Stoker (1847-1912) has been called ’’one of the least-known authors of the one of the best-known books’’. As a child‚ he enjoyed listening to
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------------------------------------------------- Setting The story of the Canterville Ghost takes place in an old English country house‚ CantervilleChase‚ which has all the accoutrements of a traditional haunted house. Descriptions of the wainscotting‚ the library paneled in black oak‚ and the armor in the hallway characterize the Gothic setting and help Wilde clash the Old World with the New. Typical of the style of the English Decadents‚ the gothic atmosphere reveals the author’s fascination
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Oscar Wilde THE CANTERVILLE GHOST "The Canterville Ghost" is a popular short story by Oscar Wilde‚ widely adapted for the screen and stage. It was the first of Wilde’s stories to be published‚ appearing in the magazine The Court and Society Review in February 1887. It was later included in a collection of short stories entitled Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories in 1891. u üSetting The story of the Canterville Ghost takes place in an old English country house‚ Canterville Chase‚
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January 25‚ 2012 Reality of the Blye Ghosts Around a fireplace sit eager ears‚ hungry for the most exciting and creepy stories available to the human imagination. Christmas eve in England annual include stories full of ambiguity‚ frightening characters and most importantly of all‚ ghosts. Henry James wrote a tale that would be perfect to tell in this setting. His novel‚ Turn of the Screw is the quintessential ghost story. He includes all the necessary elements‚ but perhaps his best talent is
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Ghost tour in Copenhagen Wednesday the twenty-first of October a group of thirty students are taking a ghost tour in the centre of Copenhagen with the company Ghosttour.dk - a firm who promises a hair-raising experience and a chance to hear about all kinds of ghosts told by eyewitnesses and historically well-informed persons. The firm is owned by Nynne Vidgren who is Cand. Mag. in history and art history. Working for her are several tour guides with backgrounds as actors and history researchers
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Ghosts in the Victorian Era were fiction but that’s not what everybody thought. The people would curl up by the fire and tell you a ghost story. But don’t be alarmed by the creak of the floorboards‚ or the murmurs in the basement. The people in the Victorian Era told a lot of ghost stories around Christmas. They were fictional stories but were ghosts really just made up? Some believed ghosts were real and others didn’t‚ but how would we know if ghosts are real or not? The Victorian views on ghosts
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Ghost story The time shows 12 midnight i am walking alone after attending my tuition class and sudddenly i heard someone calling my name and I turned towards the voice‚my heartbeat became more fast I jst thought who is calling me no 1 is around.I walked straightly to the main road because there was the only place that has the road light. The dark make my sense become terrible and unluckily I was forgetting to bring my handphone.Actually this is my first day attending my tuition day because my
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excited for a ghost movie next morning) “Ryland”‚ called my extremely irked mom‚ because I guess I had not done the night-brush it seems. “What’s the matter mom? “‚ I responded quickly. “You haven’t called Ricky yet. I guess you are really too busy‚ huh?” mom mocked at me sarcastically. I just secured the newly purchased mobile (of my dad!) into my hands in a flash and dialled his number. He got to his phone real fast I guess‚ and he answered‚ “Ricky Rickets‚ general manager of the Ghost Club‚ speaking”
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IT’S THE BUTCHER! An old woman was lonely. She decided to get a pet. She didn’t have much money so she went to a second hand pet shop. She saw many animals: a three legged cat‚ a dog without a tail‚ fish that could only swim backwards and a beautiful bird that could only say one thing‚ “Who is it?”. She decided to buy the bird. She bought a cage for her bird and went home. She put the bird by the door and went downtown to do some shopping. While she was gone‚ a man knocked on the door
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