Pre-1914 Prose :: English Literature

Pre-1914 Prose All tail fin tight-laced writers use mystery twaddle in there storys, but the wordmystery does not just mean one affaire. The mystery in these storys are all a mystery story or a superstitious type of mystery. A whodunit iswhere the people in the story or the ratifier try and name out what themystery is, and a superstitious mystery is where it open fire not beexplained.Napoleon and The Spectre by Charlotte Bronte is a traditional ghoststory where Napoleon is woken by a ghost. It is a suppositious mysteryas the referee does not know if the ghost actually exists. The RedRoom by H.G Wells is also a superstitious mystery. It is asuperstitious mystery because the reader does not know if thehappenings in The Red Room are a result of paranoia, or of asupernatural cause.The Adventure of the stippled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle isdifferent to Napoleon and The Spectre and The Red Room. As it is awhodunit story. It is a whodunit story because the lead characterSherlo ck Holmes, is laborious to solve the mystery of if the woman waskilled or died of natural causes.In the five stories there are two types of main characters. Theresthe victim of the mystery and there is the problem solver of the mystery. Thevictim is usually some one who is effected in a negative focus by themystery. Also many of the victims are outsiders and loners. The solverof the mystery is usually someone like Sherlock Holmes who solves themystery.In The Adventure of the Speckled Band, the main character isSherlock Holmes. He is the solver of the mystery. He is presented as aman who has a great eye for detail. The reader can tell this becausehe notices that the lady travelled by dog cart when he says The leftarm of your jacket is splattered with mud. This makes him seem likehe has a good eye for detail as it is a unusual thing to noticesomething so small.In The Red Room the old twain are put across as very shady bythe way they are depict and by the things they say. An examp le ofthe way they are describe is when the old woman is said to be satstaring severely into the fire, her discolour eyes wide open. This makes theold woman sound very mysterious as it is not a normal thing to bestaring hard into a fire and this makes her seem very strange. Anexample of them being described as mysterious is when the narratorPre-1914 Prose English LiteraturePre-1914 Prose All five Victorian writers use mystery in there storys, but the wordmystery does not just mean one thing. The mystery in these storys areeither a whodunit or a superstitious type of mystery. A whodunit iswhere the people in the story or the reader try and work out what themystery is, and a superstitious mystery is where it can not beexplained.Napoleon and The Spectre by Charlotte Bronte is a traditional ghoststory where Napoleon is woken by a ghost. It is a suppositious mysteryas the reader does not know if the ghost actually exists. The RedRoom by H.G Wells is also a superstitious mystery. It i s asuperstitious mystery because the reader does not know if thehappenings in The Red Room are a result of paranoia, or of asupernatural cause.The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle isdifferent to Napoleon and The Spectre and The Red Room. As it is awhodunit story. It is a whodunit story because the lead characterSherlock Holmes, is trying to solve the mystery of if the woman waskilled or died of natural causes.In the five stories there are two types of main characters. Theresthe victim of the mystery and there is the solver of the mystery. Thevictim is usually some one who is effected in a negative way by themystery. Also many of the victims are outsiders and loners. The solverof the mystery is usually someone like Sherlock Holmes who solves themystery.In The Adventure of the Speckled Band, the main character isSherlock Holmes. He is the solver of the mystery. He is presented as aman who has a great eye for detail. The reader can tell this becausehe notices th at the lady travelled by dog cart when he says The leftarm of your jacket is splattered with mud. This makes him seem likehe has a good eye for detail as it is a unusual thing to noticesomething so small.In The Red Room the old couple are put across as very mysterious bythe way they are described and by the things they say. An example ofthe way they are described is when the old woman is said to be satstaring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open. This makes theold woman sound very mysterious as it is not a normal thing to bestaring hard into a fire and this makes her seem very strange. Anexample of them being described as mysterious is when the narrator