How did the authors create the settings and what effects were given in "The Signalman" by Charles Dickens, "The Man with the Twisted Lip" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and "The Red Room" by H.G. Wells.
''The Signalman'' was written by Charles Dickens in 1865 and was based on a signalman who worked with the steam trains. By Charles Dickens choosing this option it gives the story a modern touch as steam trains at that time were the most modern technology around. However today it gives the story a historical feeling as it shows how the signalman had to manually work everything contrasting today's world almost everything is done by automatically by …
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…using thermal images and temperatures are used involving the the reader with the narrators senses. The three stories alo share the abscense of light that is described as gloom, mist and just plain darkness ewhich then involve extra eeriness by adding shadows, flickering candles and changing shapes all linked to ghostly figures relating to the supernatural or even monsters which are both the main parts of the stories that most importantly keep the readers gripped.
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