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    creatures in the world the most bereaved and the most lovable”. (James 36) The governess is aware that her mission is to protect the children. It proves that she is sane since she is able to understand that she must always protect the kids‚ from the ghosts. The governess’ inner thoughts claim that‚ “the

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    The first evidence of this is the messenger of Hamlet’s father’s doom: the mysterious ghost. Hamlet knows not to trust the ghost; a rational decision by most measures. However‚ the news that the ghost bears flusters him‚ and he decides to find the truth for himself before carrying out his revenge (another seemingly rational decision). However‚ throughout the play‚ Hamlet finds it difficult to

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    other ghost texts. We can perceive a mood of inquisitiveness when the author writes ““Here we left it‚" she said. And he added‚ "Oh‚ but here too!" "It’s upstairs‚" she murmured. "And in the garden‚" he whispered. "Quietly‚" they said‚ "or we shall wake them." ”. This conversation by the ghost couple makes the reader curious of what they might be looking for. The mood is created by causing an unknowing feeling in the reader. Another mood in the story is the longing or nostalgia of the ghost couple

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    Nang Nak ultimately a ghost story or a story about the efficacy of Thai Buddhism? Nonzee Nimibutr’s Nang Nak (1999) tells a compelling story of Nak‚ a ghost whose strong longing desires kept her within the human realm. Desperately trying to live a normal life with Mak‚ her husband‚ Nak kills any characters that try to inform the unsuspecting Mak of her death. Eventually Nak goes on a rampage when Mak finally realizes the truth. With the central plot being based mainly on the ghost of Nak and her often

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    somebody else greedy‚ lonely‚ or sad. Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol is about Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghost of Jacob Marley. Ebenezer Scrooge was a lonely and greedy man‚ similar to Jacob Marley. Jacob Marley was Scrooge’s business partner before he passed away. The play and the movie of A Christmas Carol have both many similarities and very little differences. In the play‚ the Ghost of Christmas Past showed Scrooge what he was like in the past. In the past‚ Scrooge’s father did not like him

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    known Christmas stories of all time. The story begins on Christmas Eve when Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts starting with his old business partner Marley‚ then followed by the Ghosts of Christmas past‚ present‚ and future. Each ghost that visited Scrooge takes him through his own past‚ present and future and shows him how his actions have affected those around him. Before the ghosts came to Scrooge he was very cold hearted. The spirits taught him to be positive and to always have Christmas

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    and loved it there but her famly moved into the city but now they re moving back to their old house upin Hudson. It was June 20 2018 and she had just oved into her home. Nadia was upseted with ghost and belived in them but her famly did not. She would always study and learn more and more stuff about ghost and huntings that happened. She would also look up the most hunted places in the world and watch videos about htem or read about them. She has always wanted to go to all of the places that are

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    first occurrence of its charming kind that I know to have involved a child. If the child gives the effect another turn of the screw‚ what do you say to two children….?” When Douglas said this statement another individual was telling the group about a ghost who would appear in from of a little little boy. Then Douglas tells tem he know about another story in which two child are affected by the turning of the screw.

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    converted to electrons and photons towards coalescing‚ standalone individuals have not yet been converted into data to the extent that they can form unique components of a larger complex." Shirow Masamune‚ the author of the Ghost in the Shell series‚ which includes Ghost in the Shell‚ Human Error Processor‚ and Man/Machine Interface‚ wrote those words in 1985‚ years before the internet would be evolved to the point he was trying to describe‚ and yet he knew what was coming. Not much is known about

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    too‚ wears a chain‚ bigger than Marley’s. He tells Scrooge that three spirits will visit him to help change his ways and he must submit if he wants to avoid the same fate as Marley. The first of the three spirits‚ The Ghost of Christmas Past – Scrooge’s past‚ visits him. The Ghost is a strange

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