Writer Essays

Charles Dickens wrote ‘A Christmas Carol’ during the Industrial Revolution the time of factories and machinery. Although this was the start of a new invention it brought about a negative outcome and consequently the population led to increasing work exponentially. As a result, the infrastructure of the cities (especially London) couldn’t handle the population witch […]

Although ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ has been called boring, dull, and a sleep-aid, it remains one of the most culturally sophisticated novels of modern coursework material that has entertained people for more than 150 years. Some people automatically associate these negative adjectives when they hear mention of Dickens’ works, and I agree with them. […]

Charles Dickens effectively builds atmosphere throughout ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ by employing various techniques at key plot points. The arrival of the messenger at the Dover Mail creates a haunting tone that foreshadows future events, while the actions of characters in Dr Manette’s tower room in France add to the overall ambiance. Dickens correlates […]

Dickens aimed to use the novel to locate all Scrooges and put an end to the social gap between the affluent and impoverished individuals, given the harsh conditions of life in his era. A significant number of youngsters worked on the streets, and society was segregated into the rich and poor with a general lack […]

‘The Swan’ by Roald Dahl and ‘The Signalman’ by Charles Dickens are two stories which create an atmosphere of tension, fear and danger. ‘The Swan’ is a late twentieth century story about a small boy who is severely bullied by two older and bigger boys. ‘The Signalman’ is a nineteenth century ghost story of a […]

The setting of the story creates a mysterious feeling from the start. Early on in the story Dickens begins building up the tension, the opening line says “Halloa! Below there!” this gets us immediately into the story showing us we must be follow the story carefully to understand it. This also gets the reader-asking questions […]

Short, entertaining stories were extremely popular within the Victorian era, and a number of popular writers emerged, captivating their Victorian audience with their suspenseful tales. Elizabeth Gaskell, Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens were all respected authors in this era, and they produced three of the most tense short stories ever created; ‘The Old Nurse’s Story,’ […]

Looking further into the aspects of Gothic Horror, three short stories, `The Black Cottage’ by Wilkie Collins, `The Old Nurse’s Story’, by Elizabeth Gaskell, and `The Black Veil’ by Charles Dickens were written to suit Victorian tastes, containing morals that still make readers think about life. The writers make different choices and decisions about the […]

This story is about a person, his name Captain Murderer. The story is a horror and has gory parts in it. This Captain murderer has a sick and twisted mind that loves to marry innocent women and killing them to put in a pie. So what happens, I’ll tell you. The story starts of where […]

Charles Dickens was an author famous for his full-length stories, although he wrote a few short-length ones too. One of those was the “The Signalman” written in the mid 19th century. The genre of this story is horror, and creates an atmosphere which is spooky and eerie. The Setting. “The Signalman” is a story written […]

Each of these tales includes a similarity – the presence of an enigma or supernatural element. Charles Dickens is fond of tales involving the supernatural, mystery, and ghosts. He is able to infuse his stories with a sense of authenticity and plausibility, which enhances the reader’s immersion in the narrative. One of his notable works […]

During my essay I will be looking at two short stories from the 20th and 19th centuries. I will examine the similarities and differences of Lamb to the Slaughter and The Signalman in content style and language. I will also show how the writer’s background influenced them to write these stories. In some ways these […]

English ghost stories became popular in 1855 when a tax reform brought about the withdrawal of duty on newspapers. This brought about a magazine boom that fed the large literate middle class who were thirsty for sensation. To satisfy their readers, magazines needed stories and promised “fiction of powerful interest”. Charles Dickens owned one of […]

” The Black Veil” was written early in Dickens’ work, circa 1840’s so it is a pre-twentieth century story. “The Darkness out There” is a more modern story written by Penelope Lively around 1985. ” The Black Veil” belongs to the horror, suspense genre, a classic thriller where the solution is provided at the end. […]

“Nothing to extravagant, no straightforward endings” this is how Susan Hill, the author of ‘The Woman In Black’ describes a perfect ghost story. Her own advice obviously paid off, as her famous novel was turned into a West End production at the Fortune Theatre, London and has been running for a long fourteen years. I […]

The opening scene of the signalman consists of wide-open spaces and lots of description to give you the feeling of desolation and isolation. This is emphasised by people on trains going past, getting on with their lives whilst he is stuck in a rut at this signal post. The signalman in the title is physically […]

In analyzing four works by Charles Dickens, specifically the Queer Chair, Goblins who stole a Sexton, The Signalman, and The Baron of Grogzwig, I have observed that the author portrays ghosts in different manners throughout each story. I will assess whether Dickens presents these specters as malevolent or benevolent and attempt to ascertain the reasons […]

This essay evaluates the application of tension and suspense in Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter” and Charles Dickens’ “The Signalman”. Tension pertains to mental strain or excitement, while suspense involves anxious uncertainty or anticipation when information is deliberately withheld. Born in 1812, Charles Dickens experienced the industrial revolution and wrote extensively about living conditions […]

These two short stories belong to the mystery genre and use some of the typical elements of the mystery and ghost story genre periodically. The four aspects of these ghost stories I am going to investigate and compare between the two stories respectively are; Plot, Setting, Style, and character. “Bang Bangs who’s dead? ” is […]

A mind under stress is one that has an applied force or system of forces that tends to strain or deform the brain. Stress can be a mentally or emotionally disruptive condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health e. g. increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, […]

The Comparisons between ‘The Signalman’ and ‘The Foghorn’ begin before you even start to read the actual stories. ‘The Signalman’ taken from Charles Dickens’ ‘Mugby Junction’ was written 1866 whereas ‘The Foghorn’ was written almost a century later. Charles Dickens is also a person whose name is known throughout the English speaking world, unlike Ray […]

This essay focuses on two stories: “The signalman” written in the 1800s and “Lamb to the Slaughter” written in the 1900s. In this text, I will analyze and compare two stories in terms of their style, content, and language. Specifically, Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter” effectively uses descriptive adjectives to establish the story’s setting and […]