A Comparison Between The Red Room and The Signalman
These two stories, though different, have in common their writers
intentions which is to keep the reader in suspense. We can see this
in many places in the stories, and an example of this relates to the
settings and surroundings throughout. The Victorians were very
interested in Gothic Literature and this is shown especially in the
‘Red Room’, where Wells borrowed applications such as ghosts, castles
and supernatural beings.
Furthermore we can see that the settings have been adapted and chosen
to suit the character of the story. In ‘The Signalman’ for example, we
can see a mixture of modern and supernatural settings, these reflect
the location, mainly being a deep, steep edged railway cutting, right
at the edge of a deserted tunnel. As in ‘The Red Room’, the location
reflects the character. This is shown by having a gigantic medieval
castle and long winding corridors, which then lead’s to the epicentre
of the story. More over, in both stories, we can see that they are
both set in the same type of time frame, this being during the day and
usually with dull surroundings such as a dreary, dark sky above. This
sets an excellent scene.
The narrative styles in the two stories are very similar, but both
suit there genre of story perfectly. ‘The Red Room’, is written in the
first person narrative, with the main character being the narrator
himself. This gives a very personal and detailed account and the
reader sees everything that the character sees. This is an effective
method, as it maintains suspense throughout the story. In ‘The
Signalman’, the story is also written in the first person narrative,
except with the narrator being an unnamed person. This ‘...
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...about ghosts and the after life, which
suggests they are a lot more sceptical towards it.
To conclude, I think that each story has a very strong and emotional
line of events which is very effective to all readers; especially to
the Victorians. Also I would think that they saw the two stories as
more of a scary horror book which contained recent worries and events
which they could personally relate to. Each author had very different
stories in mind, but one thing remained in both and that was the aim
to keep a rich level of suspense throughout. As a modern reader
though, I think that the stories would be seen as more of adventure
books rather than horrors and that each story comes across with its
own personal mood. To summarise, I can see that there are many
similarities between the two stories especially ones that would relate
to the Victorians beliefs.
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