Comparison of two stories - "Farthing House" by Susan Hill and "The Red Room" by H G Wells

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Jack van den berg

Comparison of two stories

“Farthing House” by Susan Hill and “The Red Room” by H G Wells are both in the ghost genre; although they are both in the ghost genre there are many differences and similarities in the two stories. I am going to analyse the two stories and find the differences and similarities.

The title “The Red Room” suggests this story is in the horror/thriller or romance genre as the colour red suggests this. “Farthing House” suggests this story is about an old house as a farthing is an old coin and so suggests this is an old house. Both titles “The Red Room” and “Farthing House” also suggest both settings are in a house or in part of a house.

“Farthing House” is written as letter form; “writing it down and sealing it up in an envelope”, letters are obviously put into envelopes and so it gives the impression of being a letter .the writing is also in past tense and in first person and this is the same as a letter or journal.

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The red room is written like a journal, the constant use of I shows this “I can assure you, said I” firstly this shows the story is set in the past and it is written like a journal. Both stories are ghost stories: “it’ll take a very tangible ghost to frighten me” from the red room and “I had the sensation of someone being in my room” from farthing house show this, both of the quotes show that the two stories are in the ghost genre.

Both main locations are set internally and both are in a house or ...

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