In Your Opinion what is in the Red Room?

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In Your Opinion what is in the Red Room?

In The Red Room by H.G Wells there are a lot of clues as to whether there is a ghost in the room or whether it is just the character's own fear that appears to cause mysterious things to happen. Stories of the haunted room and unexplained events could give the impression of a ghostly presence, but in my opinion the only presence in the room was fear itself.

There is a possibility of a ghost in The Red Room as a young duke had died in there many years a go whose spirit could be haunting the room and there are tales of another horrible spirit who caused the young Duke's death. There are also sad stories of tragic deaths that have taken place in there, "a tale of a timid wife and the tragic end that came to her husband's jest of frightening her" which could give the impression that he or she may also be haunting the room. Moreover there is the "coincidence" that both the character and the Duke both fell down the same stairs, after tying to complete a vigil trying to find