The narrator speaks to the signalman again but all he gets is a nod toward a path coming down a bank. As the narrator walks down the path the narrator describes the scenery as “clammy stone” “oozier” “weather-dreary, dangerous and a lonely place”. The red light at the mouth of the tunnel is a symbol of danger adds a sense of eeriness in the story. The narrator describes the signalman as a sprit and he looks like a ghost an early sine of something supernatural.
When the signalman relaxes there is a cram moment in time, the signalman explains about his life and what appears at the red light. the signalman relaxes. Although the signalman looks relaxed he keeps looking at the red light. When the signalman keeps looking at this a sign of more eeriness present within the story. We don’t know what is going on because the signalman wont explain why he keeps looking at the mouth of the tunnel, the mouth of the tunnel looks eerie and all sort of things could happen there, there are hidden dangers and this is fear in the story.
The signalman said that he is “troubled” the is fear fearful, the word “hello below their” troubles the signalman and frightens the him but why we don’t know. We are given a clue that what is bothering the signalman because he explains a figure at the red light out side the tunnel. The figure has his arm over his face and waving at the signalman saying, “for gods sake clear the way”. As the moon comes up there are shadows and this make the scenery have a spook. As it gets darker the light and the tunnel look different in the different scenery.
The signalman describes that he chased the figure but it vanished he run into the tunnel but he could only see two red lights and the water running down the wall. The signalman send out an alarm call but he gets no response . the narrator felt a frozen long finger run slowly down his spine. He fells there is something wrong but don’t know what it is.
the signalman describes the accident which happened a few hours after the figure appeared at the red light . there was a tragic accident in the tunnel , the crash took many lives and made many people injured. This makes the tunnel have a sense of eeriness. As the narrator thinks about what has happened this makes the narrator shudder.
The signalman tells the narrator that the ghost returns at the red light buy the tunnel. This makes the story have a stronger sense of eeriness in the story with more danger to come but we don’t know what.
The ghost returns 6 months later at the red light by the tunnel we sense more eeriness with in the story. The figure has his hand over. This is a sine of grief because of the disaster imminent. the narrator fells faint there is a creepy sense of shock in the air . the signalman give the narrator a ghostly nod.
The signalman calls the figure a ghost for the first time the ghost returns and the signalman believes there will be a 3rd tragedy. The signalman is very anxious he has this terrible knowledge that something awful will happen but the signalman dosent know what and carnt do anthing about it.