... meets the signalman and is told of his sightings. They try to interpret the warnings of the ghostly figure. As the two develop a friendship, the narrator returns to the railway cutting to visit the signalman but finds that he has been killed in an accident that the ghost had ... before introducing characters and using dialogue. Both Dickens and Hardy extensively describe settings and characters, but they use different methods. Dickens concentrates more on the description of characters' body language and movement and the setting of the story. Whereas, Hardy better describes the appearance...

• Word Count: 2219
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School