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The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon, or the ghost, is the namesake and major character in "The Canterville Ghost." He has roamed the interior of Canterville Chase since his death in 1584 and is a very complex and emotional...
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The Canterville Ghost
At the beginning of the story, the Otis family denies the ghost's existence. In Chapter Two, however, the ghost makes his first appearance and Mr Otis reacts to him in a rather humorous way: he...
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The Canterville Ghost
Mr. Hiram B. Otis is an American minister who buys Canterville Chase at the beginning of the story. Here are some of his character attributes: Mr. Otis is sceptical of the supernatural. This is...
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The Canterville Ghost
The high-spirited American twins play quite a few tricks on the poor Canterville ghost, who can't cope with the Yankee spirit of can-do practicality that invades his ancestral English home with the...
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The Canterville Ghost
In "The Canterville Ghost," the blood-stain in the library has a long history. According to the housekeeper, Mrs Umney, the blood-stain has existed since 1575 when the then-Lord Canterville, Sir...
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The Canterville Ghost
"The Canterville Ghost" is a short story that teaches an important lesson beneath what seems at first to be merely a funny tale. In the story, the typical ghost story is turned upside down. Instead...
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The Canterville Ghost
In "The Canterville Ghost," the Otis family consists of two adults and four children. First of all, there is Mr Hiram B. Otis, an American Minister, who has packed up his family and moved them to...
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The Canterville Ghost
Virginia in "The Canterville Ghost" is empathic, compassionate, active, courageous, gentle and pure. While her parents take a practical approach to the Ghost, scrubbing out the blood stains he...
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The Canterville Ghost
The main characters in "The Canterville" ghost come down to two groups. One group is the Otis family. The other group is Sir Simon, the Canterville Ghost. Sir Simon has been haunting the house...
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The Canterville Ghost
The contrast between British and American culture is a central theme in "The Canterville Ghost" and is prevalent from the opening paragraph. In the conversation between Lord Canterville and Mr...
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The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost first decides to reapply the blood stain that the Otis family has removed from the carpet. This happens three times, and then the ghost appears in chains to menace Mr. Otis....
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The Canterville Ghost
In Chapter Five of the "The Canterville Ghost," the ghost refers to the Garden of Death. According to his description, the garden is situated "far away beyond the pine woods," and has "soft brown...
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The Canterville Ghost
A chase is a hunting or game preserve. Canterville Hall or Canterville Chase is called a chase because it was once, and probably still is, a place where upper-class people would gather to hunt. It...
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The Canterville Ghost
This phrase is spoken by Mr Otis in Chapter One of "The Canterville Ghost." Here is its literal meaning: with all of our lively young men going out and having a great time, and bringing back some...
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The Canterville Ghost
Lord Canterville warns Mr. Otis about the Canterville ghost in a very blunt and straightforward manner. Lord Canterville flat out tells Mr. Otis that there is a ghost in the house. Indeed, Lord...
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The Canterville Ghost
Mrs. Umney tells the Otis family how the bloodstain got there, how long it has been there, and how the bloodstain can't be removed. Mrs. Umney tells the Otis family that the bloodstain has been...
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The Canterville Ghost
Mr. Otis offers Sir Simon's ghost some oil. Mr. Otis wants Sir Simon to oil his squeaky ghost chains, so the chains won't make so much noise at night. Soon after the Otis family moves into...
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The Canterville Ghost
The themes of love and death are intertwined in "The Canterville Ghost." Beneath the surface comedy of role reversal, in which the American Otis family frightens the ghost and not vice versa, lurks...
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The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville ghost did really kill his wife. When the sweet Virginia asks him about it, he says: 'Well, I quite admit it,' said the ghost, 'but my wife was not very nice, you know, and she...
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The Canterville Ghost
In "The Canterville Ghost," the ghost makes his first appearance to the Otis family in Chapter Two. Every member of the family is in bed after a busy day of driving and, around 1 a.m., Mr Otis is...
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The Canterville Ghost
This is an opinion question, so feel free to state any character from the story. The important part is adequately defending your answer. The explanation for your choice should be more in depth...
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The Canterville Ghost
"The Canterville Ghost" is a hilarious short story written by Oscar Wilde. It is about the American Otis family and their recent move into a haunted mansion. The mansion is haunted by Sir Simon's...
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The Canterville Ghost
Mr. Hiram Otis is the father of the American family that rents Canterville Hall in England. Like the rest of his family, he is completely American. He definitely does not believe in ghosts, and...
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The Canterville Ghost
If we begin first with the members of the Otis family, there are six in all. Firstly, there is Mr. Hiram Otis, the head of the family, who is a very practical and outspoken man. Next is his wife,...
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The Canterville Ghost
"The Canterville Ghost" ends with the marriage of Virginia Otis to Cecil, the Duke of Cheshire. After their honeymoon, the pair returns to Canterville Chase and Virginia has an inscription placed...
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The Canterville Ghost
While the Canterville ghost fails to frighten the Otis family, he has enjoyed far greater successes during his long career. In the opening chapter of the story, for instance, Lord Canterville talks...
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The Canterville Ghost
At the end of Chapter Five, Virginia helps the ghost to rest eternally in the Garden of Death. She does this by accompanying him through a gap in the wall of the Tapestry Chamber and into the...
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The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon's first meeting with Mr. Otis is hilarious. It's hilarious, because Mr. Otis's response is completely unexpected. The encounter starts off spooky enough. It is late at night, and...
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The Canterville Ghost
The Garden of Death is featured in Chapter Five of "The Canterville Ghost," when the ghost tells Virginia Otis of his strong desire to leave Canterville Chase and to sleep forever. Though the...
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The Canterville Ghost
Yes, "The Canterville Ghost" does contrast American and British culture. Much of the plot's comedy hinges on the differences between British and American reactions to the ghost haunting Canterville...
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The Canterville Ghost
First off, some basic details about Virginia. She is the daughter of the Otis family. She's obviously a female. She has blue eyes and is fifteen years old. She must be quite beautiful, because...
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The Canterville Ghost
In Chapter Five of "The Canterville Ghost," Virginia helps the ghost by enabling him to enter the Garden of Death. She does this by accompanying the ghost through the wall of the Tapestry Chamber...
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The Canterville Ghost
In "The Canterville Ghost," the ghost is constantly troubled by the twins, the youngest children of Mr and Mrs Otis. Nicknamed 'The Stars and the Stripes,' the twins are boisterous and mischievous...
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The Canterville Ghost
"The Canterville Ghost" centers around the time that the Otis family spends living in the Canterville mansion. The house is haunted by the ghost of Sir Simon, and readers will learn that two...
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The Canterville Ghost
The ghost of Sir Simon was not scary to the Otis family in the slightest. The first indication that readers have of the Otis family's disregard for the ghost is the fact that they bought the...
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The Canterville Ghost
In "The Canterville Ghost," the twins are the youngest children of Mr and Mrs Otis. Nicknamed 'The Stars and the Stripes,' they quickly become the nemesis of Sir Simon, the Canterville ghost,...
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The Canterville Ghost
Putting a physical description of the ghost is a bit difficult. That's because as a ghost he has appeared in multiple different forms in order to get the best scare out of people. He's been a...
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The Canterville Ghost
Mr. Otis, an American ambassador, purchases Canterville Castle, even though everyone tells him that it is haunted. His reasoning is that the United States has everything that money can buy, and if...
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The Canterville Ghost
In many ways, "The Canterville Ghost" is a classical example of a late-Victorian ghost story. This is due to its supernatural elements which are designed to spook the reader and contrast sharply...
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The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost, otherwise known as Sir Simon, planned to take his revenge on the Otis family is the standard ghostly fashion. He plans to scare them out of his house. Many, many years ago,...
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The Canterville Ghost
In "The Canterville Ghost," Wilde reverses many situations into their opposites. One example of this can be found in Chapter Four when the Canterville Ghost plans to scare the Duke of Cheshire by...
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The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon, also known as the ghost, is one of the main characters in the story, "The Canterville Ghost." One of the strongest impressions of Sir Simon is that he has criminal tendencies. When he...
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The Canterville Ghost
At the beginning of Chapter One of "The Canterville Ghost," Lord Canterville makes it very clear to Mr Otis that the property is haunted. Despite his warnings, Mr Otis is more than happy to buy the...
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The Canterville Ghost
In The Canterville Ghost, the twins play lots of tricks on the ghost. These tricks begin in chapter 3 when the twins attack the ghost with their pea shooters during his second appearance. Later,...
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The Canterville Ghost
First, I'd like to highly recommend you read the ending of the story yourself—it's a charming work, and the best of Oscar Wilde is on display in its pages. At the end of "The Canterville Ghost,"...
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The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville ghost, we learn, has a "cruel, wrinkled mouth," but when Virginia finds him alone and desolate in the Tapestry Chamber, he simply looks sad and forlorn. He appears to have the...
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The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost" revolves around the sale of an old British estate known as Canterville Chase to an American minister who is marked by his skepticism. From the start, Horace B....
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The Canterville Ghost
In Chapter One of "The Canterville Ghost," Lord Canterville sells his ancestral home, Canterville Chase, to Mr Otis. On the day of the sale, Lord Canterville feels duty-bound to inform Mr Otis that...
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The Canterville Ghost
"The Canterville Ghost" is described as a comico-horror story because it has elements which both amuse and scare the reader. Beginning with comedy, there are a number of humorous elements in the...
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The Canterville Ghost
The ghost decides to appear as Reckless Rupert, the Headless Earl, a trick that he found successful in the past in scaring people. He spends three hours applying his make-up and costume to get...
