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Conventions of the Gothic Horror - The Red Room by H.G. Wells
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Conventions of the Gothic Horror - The Red Room by H.G. Wells
... How does the 'Red Room' reflect the Conventions of the Gothic Horror Genre? Would you enter the Red Room? Written by H.G. Wells in the 19th century, the Red Room is a spooky tale of mystery and suspense. An ambiguous story written in first person follows the short account of a man who is unafraid of ghosts and is going to stay the night in the apparently haunted Red Room. As he stays in the Red Room he lights all the candles and settles himself in an armchair, but as he's sitting there the candles start to go out, he begins racing with an unknown force trying to put out the candles and he is trying to light them back up, in the confusion he is knocked out and is found in the morning. We learn as the story goes on it's not a creature of any kind; it's not the
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