Show how H.G. Wells makes

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Show how H.G. Wells makes “The Red Room” succeed as a ghost story, without ever showing a ghost

The key to any ghost story is to build up tension and drop it slightly before lifting it back up to keep the reader interested. As he keeps doing this the reader becomes more curious to know how the book turns out and the ending usually jumps out as a surprise as the reader does really think the story through as they get so involved. The writer also has to make he reader feel the surroundings that are described in the book to get them involved and really into the story. The name of the story already starts getting you involved with questions going through your head asking what is so important about this room and why is it red. Red is also associated as a negative colour giving it effect rather than calling it say the blue room which sounds strange but makes you picture it in a much more positive way.

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                     The first line “I can assure you,' said I, 'that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me” which tells you that it is a ghost story and unlike longer stories there is no long intro and instead the writer has got straight to the point. There are four characters in the beginning which are the young man, the old and his wife and another old man. The two old men and the old woman are all afraid of going into the red room and warn the young ...

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