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

Pre 1914 Short Stories Short stories were very popular in those times because they werepublished in magazines for house wives to convey because they hadnothing else to do other then clean the house while their husbandswere working. Also the husbands would read them when they got home. Inghost stories the typical setting is usually a gamy place or somewherein the middle of nowhere.The Red manner, by H.G Wells is a classic gothic horror fabrication set inthe nineteenth century. Wells conveys the experience of fear in TheRed Room in many ways. The narrator first starts withdraw by making a overvaliantstatement in which he mentions that it would take a very tangibleghost to scare him. Since he knows that ghosts are thought 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 fearlessness bydescribing the old people in a ghostly way and yet he himsel f is not cover any fear at this stage. Wells also uses clever manipulation,for he manipulates the reader into thinking 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 wake such a contrast in thefearless character of the narrator, and the awful environment orpeople, he makes the narrator stand out and be thought of as verygallant indeed.There is an unusual and fast increase in the build-up of fear as theold lady mentions something closely so much to be seen in the castle andsorrow for what has been seen by the naked eye. Maybe the old womanmeans sorrow for the issue duke who had to die. She might fuck off alsomeant that so many people have tried to come out of the red roomalive and suppress the myth of the room being haunted, but much sorrowis felt each time when they dont make it out alive.A sense of suspicion is built-up by the old folks in the castle, forthe male child suspects them of enhancin g 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 become wiser for he would knowwhat lays behind the door. Here you do-nothing notice that the narrator takesa much more tranquil approaching to the situation, when he mentions as