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The goldbricks Paw by W. W. Jacobs, The Clubfooted Grocer by Sir Arthur Canon Doyle, The rose-cheeked Room by H. G. surface and The Signalman by Charles DickensAnalyse how the writers successfully use aspects of the supernaturalto bring into being hammy emphasis in the short stories you have read.The nineteenth deoxycytidine monophosphate was an era of general belief in mites and spiritualty. This is what made gothic stories regular(a) more appealing andsuccessful during this era the fact that they would be seen as beingrealistic. One major reason for the rise in spirituality during thisera was the fact that many people had started to lose their Christian cartel (mainly because the Church was unable to give an explanation asto why ghosts existed) and so they started to search for a new way ofunderstanding and accepting death. I think that the Victoriansenjoyed reading horror stories because they offer a challenge to seewhether the reader can figure out who the ghost or spe ctrerepresents and what they are doing. By involving the reader, thewriters were able to keep them concerned throughout the story. Duringthe Victorian era, the short story became a very usual genre andghost stories were well-liked with the readers. It was therefore veryimportant for the authors to build tension and suspense to keep theirreaders interested. I give be studying The Monkeys Paw by W. W.Jacobs, The Clubfooted Grocer by Sir Arthur Canon Doyle, The RedRoom by H. G. Wells and The Signalman by Charles Dickens. In thisessay, I will be exploring the ways in which the writers use thesupernatural to create dramatic tension in the above stories.The Monkeys Paw is a short story by W. W. Jacobs, written in 1902.The title of a sto... ...cause there is a lot of mystery present throughout thestory. The strangest thing is the fact that the Signalman himself isan educated man, yet he sees strange, unexplainable Apparitions whicheventually stretch forth to his death.Overall, I belie ve that these short stories are impelling in socialize the reader and keeping them interested throughout thestory. The writers use many distinguishable techniques such aspersonification, metaphors, similes and imagery to create vivid imagesthroughout the stories. The better(p) technique used is when there are manyquestions which are left over(p) unanswered at the end of the story. Thismakes the readers create their own conclusions about the reasons as towhy certain events occurred. Also, the use of the first personnarrative is effective in ghost stories because they give a clear viewof what happens and how the teller feels.