Essay on A Ghost Story

Dickens message to readers, The Cratchit family and Scrooges nature are all vital in the fulfilling and uplifting story of A Christmas Carol. The heart felt theme and comic element are all used well in order to inspire and influence the readers emotions towards each character. Dickens has achieved this using gothic literature and the ghostly features of the story. Overall, the author has used the ...

But it is not only Annie who has a hard time letting go. Her whole family has not been able to move on, but where stuck in a place between heaven and earth. It is especially her father who seems to have the hardest time letting go, and leaving Annie behind alone, this is seen in the last paragraph, when she asks if he is going to leave her alone, and he looks down at his hands and says that he wa...

This is in keeping with ghost stories as they are usually set in old fashioned and have spooky atmosphere to them especially the setting. It also lets you imagine the scene of flickering candles in an old fashioned house. When Douglas goes up to bed the rest of the group 'heard his step on the stair'. This gives the reader the impression that Douglas' footsteps are echoing through 'the great brown...

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