Because of normal disbelief in ghosts and the paranormal, Gaston Leroux goes to great lengths to ensure that, in fact, "The Opera Ghost really existed."" In the prologue of The Phantom of the Opera, written with the feel of a gothic novel, Mr. Leroux says, "He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of ... about drug induced hallucinations or real phantoms for that matter. From when the words "flesh and blood- signal to the readers that Erik, an antagonist of many heads, exists as a phantom to the people around him instead of a real spect...

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... who is clothed in a black hooded robe. He approaches Scrooge in a slow manner with fog and screeches. The Phantom is a reaper-like figure representing the fear of death. This Phantom does not talk; he just points and keeps pointing until Scrooge goes to where the Phantom tells him to. The ghost takes Scrooge to a series of strange places. He take them to a London ... Stock Exchange, where a group of businessmen discuss the death of a rich man. Next, the Phantom takes them to a dingy pawn shop in a London slum, where a group of vagabonds and shady characters sell some personal effects st...

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... royal bed becominga couch for luxury and damned incest?, yet his mind is weighed down from the grief of this revelation, his mother's overhasty marriage, and the appearance of this phantom. At first he is full of fire to avenge the murder of his father, but he quickly realizes the heavy charge of the duty of revenge given to him and ... ...

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Mark Twain's "A Ghost Story- The reading of this tale would be rather meaningless without the previous knowledge of the historical context of its time, specially the facts involving the Cardiff Giant statue, its creators and the profitable use they made out of it. The narrator of the tale descri...

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... years of guarding, steeling her own wild heart whilst looking into the eyes of strangers, seeing her mother? Was this the final dance of the ghost deep inside her, a tormenting phantom that had taunted her with the thought of one day looking into the eyes of her own mother, and demanding to know why she had done this to her? Or ... ...

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... robes. This ghost has 1,800 brothers and a life span of one day. He represents celebration and charity. Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is another character. This character is a silent phantom that represents death, but is also the possibility that the future isn't sure, but open to the free will of people. Fred is another. He is Scrooge's nephew. Fred is ... ...

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... and bitter, because to stand a chance of reforming, he, first, needed to see the route of his problem, and the spirit succeeded. When the clock next strikes one, and no phantom appears, Scrooge is shocked, and wonders what is going on. "Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing.", "when no shape appeared, he ... ...

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The reading of this tale would be rather meaningless without the previous knowledge of the historical context of its time, specially the facts involving the Cardiff Giant statue, its creators and the profitable use they made out of it. The narrator of the tale describes his experience in a creepy d...

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