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Back to category: English Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. random COMPARING THE FARTHING HOUSE TO THE RED ROOM In this essay I am going to be comparing two ghost stories called “The Farthing House†and “The Red Room. My definition of a ghost story is a story filled with tension and suspense. I will start by looking at the settings from both stories. The farthing house is set in a residential home for elderly people, in the countryside. The red room is set in an old castle where a duchess died 100 years earlier. Both of these settings are good settings for a tense ghost story but the castle is a more stereo-typical setting. I will now look at the characters in each of the stories. In the red room the main character is the narrator. It uses first person narration which creates tension on its own, as we are seeing everything through his eyes. We don’t know what’s happening either and we follow everything that happens to him. Also the arrogance of the man builds tension, as it sets you up to think something ... Posted by: Rheannon Androckitis Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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