Pre 1914 Short Stories :: The Red Room H.G. Wells Gotchi Horror Essays

Pre 1914 Short Stories Short stories were very popular in those successions because they were publish in magazines for abide wives to read because they hadnothing else to do other thusly clean the house while their husbandswere working. Also the husbands would read them when they got home. In tactual sensation stories the typical setting is usually a dark place or somewherein the middle of nowhere.The Red populate, by H.G rise up is a classic gothic horror story set inthe nineteenth century. Wells conveys the experience of idolize in TheRed Room in many ways. The narrator first starts off by fashioning a boldstatement in which he mentions that it would take a very tangibleghost to scare him. Since he knows that ghosts are notion to beinvisible, he mentions tangible instead. Notice he says tangible. Itcould mean that a ghost wouldnt scare him, as ghosts (according toothers) arent tangible. Furthermore he shows his solicitudelessness bydescribing the old people in a unearthl y way and yet he himself is notshowing any fear at this stage. Wells also uses clever manipulation,for he manipulates the reader into opinion that fear is not presentat all, which is not the case, because that aspect of fear is aroundhim with the old people. So by him showing such a contrast in thefearless character of the narrator, and the fearful environment orpeople, he makes the narrator stand out and be thought of as verygallant indeed.There is an unusual and sudden increase in the build-up of fear as theold lady mentions something about so more to be seen in the castle andsorrow for what has been seen by the naked eye. maybe the old womanmeans sorrow for the young duke who had to die. She might take over alsomeant that so many people have tried to beget out of the red directionalive and abolish the myth of the room being haunted, but much sorrowis felt each time when they dont make it out alive.A sense of doubt is built-up by the old folks in the castle, forthe boy susp ects them of enhancing the spiritual terrors of thehouse by using their repetitive insistence. The narrators characterat the beginning is one of a more bold nature, for, he mentions thatif he is to see a ghost then he will release wiser for he would knowwhat lays behind the door. Here you can notice that the narrator takesa much more tranquil approach to the situation, when he mentions as