Analysis of the themes of Ghosts and The Supernatural with close reference to ‘The Woman in Black’ and ‘Violet Car’.

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Ghosts and Supernatural with close reference to 'The Woman in Black' and 'Violet Car'.

Ghost stories are all about death and dying. They help us to understand what happens after we die. They try to build up people's fear of death and dying. They use people's fear to build up suspense. Sometimes the author of the book will use the characters in the book to keep the reader wondering, grieving people sometime imagine things and the author can use this to keep the reader interested in the book. The reader would be wondering if it is the imagination of the character or a real ghost.

Often ghost stories are based on someone's premature or violent death. Some stories can use this to add more fear, because it could be an ordinary person that gets killed. Sometimes the author writes as if it had happened to them, this could help the reader to believe the story more.

The 'Violet Car' is about the violent death of a young girl. The man that had killed Mr. Eldridge's daughter was driving though the village in his violet car. He pulled up to Mr. Eldridge, and asked him for