The title 'The Red Room' immediately attracts the reader's attention; it is symbolic as red signals danger and blood, but leaves unanswered questions. What exactly is the red room?? Is this room dangerous? and if so, why exactly?. Overall the title raises so much curiosity wanting us to read on and find answers to our questions. Red is a very strong colour and is generally associated with blood, danger, warning, hell, and above all, fear, the title also shows the setting of the story. It makes you wonder why the room is called the red room, does the red in the title of the room suggest blood has been spilt there.
The Red Room was written by HG Wells, and it succeeds in creating tension and atmosphere for the reader in many ways.
The title 'The Red Room' immediately attracts the reader's attention; it is symbolic as red signals danger and blood, but leaves unanswered questions. What exactly is the red room?? Is this room dangerous? and if so, why exactly?. Overall the title raises so much curiosity wanting us to read on and find answers to our questions. Red is a very strong colour and is generally associated with blood, danger, warning, hell, and above all, fear, the title also shows the setting of the story. It makes you wonder why the room is called the red room, does the red in the title of the room suggest blood has been spilt there.
At the beginning of the story, the character of the narrator is open minded and sure of himself. He believes there are no ghosts. He is very cynical, which is shown when he refuses to believe what the three old pensioners tell him. The character says I can assure you said I, that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me. The author uses very expressive words in his writing and uses the adjective tangible, this means you can touch the ghost. You cannot touch ghosts and this is why the author uses the adjective, because the character believes ghosts are not real. The character feels unsure when the three old...