The Characters have an eerie and mysterious manner. “This night of all nights, said the woman”. The characters create tension, as you never now fully what they are talking about, we don’t even know their or the narrators name. The narattor of this story is a person who wants to confront whatever lies within the red room, in an effort to uncover all the superstition that surrounds the room. In the first few lines we can see that the narrator is a confident and strong minded person, who is at the same time fair and, although in the room with the old people it is a difficult situation, he tries to be patient and polite to the other people. It shows he is confident in the first line when he says, “I can assure you that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.” He also seems very defiant when he stands up in front of the fire with his glass in his hand. Once the man with the withered arm is introduced an uneasy atmosphere takes over, he also creates mystery by making the reader wonder why he has a withered arm and whether it is anything to do with the red room. The man with the bad back is similar to the man with the withered arm by making the reader ask himself or herself how he got it a
The narrator is built up gradually so that the reader trusts him. Also he explains his motives honestly which makes us trust him more and more. The narrator seems to be more of a thoughtfull man. I think this because he walks a lot, and he really wanted to help the signalman with his troubles. Both characters seem to be very educated.
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