man named Ebenezer Scrooge‚ who is visited by his deceased business partner Jacob Marley and three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Jacob Marley who chained tells Scrooge that he should change his way or he will be punished in the after life. Marley beged for Scrooge to be given a chance to change. The ghost’s job is to persuade Scrooge to change his ways to avoid punishment in the afterlife. The three ghosts show Scrooge past‚ present‚ and future events that help Scrooge realize he is wrong and changes Scrooge
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Guillermo Del Toro’s 2001 film‚ El Espinazo del Diablo translated to The Devil’s Backbone‚ is a chilling ghost story set in Spain in the middle of their civil war. A young boy named Carlos arrives at an orphanage that is haunted by a ghost. The ghost isn’t the only looming presence‚ as there is a large bomb in the center of the courtyard. It is here at the orphanage that the young boys‚ along with their headmistress‚ caretaker‚ and doctor‚ must attempt to retain normalcy as a distant war creeps ever
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How effective is act one as the opening to the play? The opening of the play is enigmatic and tense‚ almost gothic as it is set at night time‚ just before the ‘dead hour’. This is during the changing of the guard at Elsinore castle. This image is strengthened through the connotations of descriptions such as ‘tis bitter cold’; ‘not a mouse stirring’ creating an eerie and silent atmosphere. One guard‚ Francisco‚ questions the arrival of new characters with a feeling of paranoia and anxiety: ’stand
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remarries to his uncle and the appearance of his father‚ King Hamlet’s ghost‚ asking for vengeance. These hardships could have had the potential to drive him to the point of insanity‚ Hamlet displays too much intelligence and rational thinking throughout the play which keeps him grounded enough to keep his sanity in tact. In Act I‚ we are introduced to King Hamlet’s ghost. Bernardo‚ Marcellus and Horatio all see the ghost‚ Horatio states‚ “Before my God‚ I might not this believe Without the
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result of encounters with a series of ghosts and other significant people‚ such as Tiny Tim. The Ghost of Christmas Past‚ The Ghost of Christmas Present and The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come each lead Scrooge through a different part of his life in an effort to guide him away from his miserable existence and in a more positive direction. Scrooge is also influenced by rendezvous with Tiny Tim‚ who helps to change Scrooge’s attitude towards the poor. The Ghost of Christmas Past provides the reader
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but there are different types of ghosts‚ demons‚ and spirits. ¨The Interactive Personally‚” is a very common haunting because it’s usually a ghost of a family member or pet. “The Ectoplasm or Ecto-Mist” is a type mist or fog which is usually a vaporous cloud that appears several feet away but can move swiftly. This type of mist can be captured
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three ghosts to illustrate to him the errors of his way and "the final consequences of his actions. His solitary life and disdain for those in need will ultimately lead others to find comfort and happiness from his death. No one will mourn his passing and his money and possessions will be stolen by the desperate and corrupt‚ the very people he condemned in life. His final legacy will be that of a cheap tombstone in an unkept graveyard. Scrooge then weeps over his own grave‚ begging the ghost for a
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solicitation from me" (2-3). This entails that because she has rejected him she believes he will not bother her again‚ and he is saying how wrong she is. The rejected and envious lover then promises that his ghost will haunt her when she is lying in bed with her other lover. "Then shall my ghost come to thy bed / And thee‚ feigned vestal‚ in worse arms shall see" (4-5). His
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The Ghost made it clear to Hamlet who killed his father and how he is supposed to go about acquiring revenge. The Ghost says‚ "If thou hast nature in thee‚ bear it not/ Let not the royal bed of Denmark be/ A couch for luxury and damnèd incest/ But howsoever thou pursuest this act/ Taint not thy mind‚ nor let thy soul contrive/ Against thy mother aught. Leave her to heaven/And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge/ To prick and sting her (I. v. 88-95). The Ghost denotes that Hamlet
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novel‚ The Woman In Black‚ is host to some of the conventional gothic aspects found in such ghost stories. The focus of this essay is the first eight paragraphs of the second chapter. Story telling lies at the heart of this novel and there is definite mix within the story of new and old ghost stories which would allow Susan Hill to select what she would have thought to be essential components of a successful ghost narrative. ‘A London Particular’ imparts a strong sense of place‚ mood‚ season and of the
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