When two ghosts are searching through their old house‚ looking for their "Treasure"‚ the treasure or meaning is revealed to us. The joy and love shared between two people is the treasure‚ the treasure of life. By using irony and stream of consciousness Virginia Woolf is able to reveal the meaning of the story. Virginia Woolf uses a style called the "Stream of Consciousness"‚ revealing the lives of her characters by revealing their thoughts and associations. We learn about the ghosts past by
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on taking revenge for his father’s murder since he spoke to the ghost of his dead father (1.5 31-37). There was nothing that would stop this young man from achieving his goal‚ and he does in fact achieve it. First he wanted to know that Claudius was actually guilty and that he had not just gone completely mad. He tests Claudius and Claudius fails (2.2). Claudius shows his guilt to Hamlet proving that Hamlet did in fact see the ghost of his dead father. There would be no reason why Prince Hamlet would
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of property” (Davidson‚ 459). To be specific‚ the governess can be a self-portrait of Henry James himself and homelessness triggers the governess’s desire to possession of the country house at Bly‚ which later leads to serious obsession about the ghost. However‚ in the book‚ every aspect remains as an unsolved mystery; James intentionally comes to an ambiguous ending so that the readers make their own judgment on the true meaning of all the enigmatic phenomenon like the presence of the
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although he never specified when it occurred. This is the version told to me: Alright. So I was telling you about that gym teacher I had who was a substitute teacher‚ and he always claimed that he… would get in the “zone” and be able to‚ like‚ see ghosts and stuff and communicate with them. He was at a Wawa one time‚ and he stepped outside and there was an old man out there‚ and he was like‚ “Excuse me‚ sir. . . I just need your help for a second.” He was like‚ “Yea‚ sure… whatta ya need?” And the
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Hamlets madness is real. Some would say it is not madness that leads Hamlet‚ but the death of his father or his mother marrying his uncle. Throughout the story‚ Hamlets actions of thinking about suicide‚ getting rejected by Ophelia‚ and believing in the ghost can lead the audience to believe that Hamlet has been overtaken by madness. There have been many points in the story that can lead the audience to believe that Hamlet is mad‚ but none more than him thinking about committing suicide. "O‚ that this
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profoundly disturbing; the projection of revenge is "therapeutic". The two concepts: defusion of the dual instincts of Eros and Death‚ and superego aggression‚ which is one aspect of the death instinct contribute to the fate of Hamlet. The creation of the Ghost creates a father-son-mother confrontation as the Old Hamlet return from the dead to get revenge. Though the superego inside him seeks to punish this revengeful force. "Hamlet tries to become his father’s superego‚ but because he cannot act on it‚ his
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The question every man reading Hamlet will ask “What is Hamlet’s problem”? The sad truth is‚ Hamlets problem is deeper than what the reader can see and simply cannot be pinpointed. Throughout the play‚ there are multiple situations occurring and Hamlet’s problem is not exact in that given moment in time. His troubles arranges from his father being assassinated by his own uncle and having his mom marry the perpetrator in a hasty wedding to never looking at women the same because of his mother’s lustful
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Does Hardy portray a typical view of ghost stories with “The Withered Arm”? In my opinion I don’t think so. Let’s have a look at the comparisons. A typical ghost/supernatural story has usually three ghost sightings but in “The Withered Arm” it’s a different story. The ghost of a living person appears once in the form of a vision. This is very unlike the stereotypical ghost stories of today. I feel Thomas Hardy has uncovered a whole new type of ghost story. One of the messages the story conveys is
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king of Denmark is dead‚ and his ghost appears to tell Hamlet what actually happened to him. Claudius who is the brother of Hamlet senior becomes the king of Denmark after his brother’s death and marries Gertrude the king’s wife. Hamlet is mad about how fast his mother got married after his father died. Ghost of the king meets Hamlet and tell him that Claudius his brother killed him when he was asleep and poured poison into his ear. Hamlet is not sure that the ghost is his father and he wants to check
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Penitentiary‚ Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania Investigated by many paranormal groups and included in numerous television documentaries‚ Eastern State is often called the "haunted house within a prison". 6. Saint Augustine Lighthouse‚ St. Augustine‚ Florida Ghost stories about the lighthouse have been around for decades. Three little girls died on site during construction. Legend says they were playing with a rail car used to bring supplies up the hillside when the car spun out of control‚ drowning the three
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