Comparing The Red Room and End of the Party

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Comparing The Red Room and End of the Party

' The Red Room ' and the ' End of the Party ' are both stories about

fear, but whilst one was written in the 18th century the other is

modern. Because of this time gap there are differences in the style of

writing used. This essay compares the two stories.

' The Red Room ' is written by H. G Wells and the story concerns a man

who goes to stay in a room believed to be haunted so he can prove his

courage. He said ' It would take a very tangible ghost to scare me ' .

But as he spends time in the room he becomes scared ' I screamed with

all my might.' Later he realises there is no ghost in the room, it was

only his fear, ' there is no ghost there at all but worse' ' there is

fear in that room of hers'.

'The End of the Party' concerns two twins called Peter and Francis '

Peter the eldest by a matter of minutes'. Francis is afraid of the

dark, ' I'm afraid of the dark ' . Francis is dreading a party because

he knows that he will have to hide in the dark if he goes. He says 'I

don't want to go! '. When Francis does have to hide in the dark he

dies at his brother's touch. ' Not merely that his brother was dead '

.

Therefore the two stories are both about fear - one the fear of

something supernatural, the other with the fear of the dark. But the

author's styles of writing are very different.

For instance, the language used in each story is different. Although

both stories have complex language, ' The Red Room ' uses old words

which are not often used by modern writers such as ' sconces ' '

apoplexy ' and ' pallid '.

Whereas ' The End of the Party ' uses modern yet still complex words

such as ' ostentation ' and ' evasion '.

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