A sucessful ghost story needs atmosphere, tension and a scary plot, discuss with reference to The Red Room

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A sucessful ghost story needs atmosphere, tension and a scary plot, discuss with reference to The Red Room

The Red Room is a successful ghost story that was written by H.G Wells. The story was intended to be scary when it was written and it uses tension, atmosphere and a scary plot. Without these key features it would not succeed as a successful ghost story. The reason for this is to entice the reader by giving them small clues so it does not give the plot away, but you have to read on because it does not give enough away only small clues, so it is still a mystery.

In 'The Red Room' there are quite a lot of things that help to cause a scary atmosphere in the story. The main thing that helps create the desired atmosphere for a ghost story is that it is set in the old castle. It is occupied by the three old people and the Ladyship left 18 months ago, what I think makes it look like she left in a hurry is that all the objects are left how it was when her ladyship occupied the castle. The old people