Describe the ghost's three appearances in "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 woken up by a "strange noise" coming from the hallway. On opening his bedroom door, he is greeted by an "old man of terrible aspect" with eyes as red as "burning coals." But, instead of feeling fear, Mr Otis offers to oil the ghost's chains before promptly returning to bed.

The ghost next appears to the family on a Sunday night in Chapter Three. Again, the Otises are in bed and, this time, they are all woken up by a "fearful crash" downstairs in the hall. The sound was, in fact, an antique suit of armour falling to the floor after the ghost had unsuccessfully attempted to climb into it. The Otises then find the ghost sitting in a chair with an injured knee and "an expression of acute agony on his face." This prompts the twins to shoot their pea-shooters at the ghost while Mr Otis calls him out with his revolver. The terrified ghost is thus forced to run away. 

Finally, the ghost appears for a third time later in Chapter Three. He waits again until the family has gone to bed, before emerging from the wainscotting. His plan is to scare Washington Otis, the eldest son, who has annoyed him by removing the blood-stain in the library each morning. But, on arriving at Washington's room, he is confronted by the sight of a "horrible spectre." Having never seen a ghost before, the Canterville ghost is terrified and immediately flees to his room. In the morning, however, the ghost returns to confront this other ghost, only to find that it is nothing more than trick played on him by Washington Otis.

What we learn from these appearances, then, is that the ghost's persistence is matched only by the resilience of the Otises. The family refuses to be afraid of the ghost and this, in turn, leaves the ghost feeling humiliated and frustrated, thereby creating the story's central conflict.

Describe the first two appearances of the Canterville Ghost.

The first appearance of the Canterville Ghost occurs after Washington Otis declares that special stain remover will get rid of the blood stain that has been there since the 1500s. The stain is scrubbed out, but it reappears just as it always has. This is the first time that the Otis family admits that there might be something to the rumors of the house being haunted.  

A few nights later, Mr. Otis is woken up by the ghost's rattling chains. Mr. Otis goes out to see what's going on and meets the ghost for the first time. 

"There, right in front of him, stood the ghost - his eyes were as red as burning coals; long grey hair fell over his shoulders and from his wrists and ankles hung heavy chains."

That sounds terrifying. But the best part of the encounter is Mr. Otis's reply.  

'My dear Sir,' said Mr Otis, 'you must oil those chains. It's impossible to sleep with such a noise going on outside the bedrooms. I have therefore brought you this bottle of lubricator, and I will be happy to supply you with more if you require it.' With these words Mr Otis laid the bottle down, closed his door and went back to bed.

That's awesome! He tells the ghost to put on some lubricant and be quiet. The ghost is obviously shocked and a little upset at his failure to scare. Then the Otis twins come out and throw a pillow at him.  

The ghost didn't appear after that for about a week. When he did appear, it was on a Sunday night. The ghost knocked over a suit of armor, which brought out the twins. They promptly started shooting him with pea-shooters. The Canterville Ghost "ghosted" up the stairs and let out an evil growl/laugh thing. Mrs. Canterville then opened up her door, told the ghost that he sounded sick, and offered him a bottle of medicine. 

Describe the ghost's first appearance in The Canterville Ghost.

I am going to assume that you mean the ghost's first appearance to the Otis family.  The ghost has been active for about 300 years and has appeared in various forms in order to affect the right kind of scare.  The latest inhabitants of the house are the American Otis family. They have been informed that the house is haunted by a ghost, but they do not care mainly because they do not believe in the ghost.  

Chapter 1 establishes the presence of the haunting as alive and well, but no ghost sightings are seen. The Otis family begins to believe that the house might actually be haunted when they cannot get rid of a blood stain. The maid claims that the stain has been there for a long long time, and that no amount of cleaning can get rid of the stain.  

"That is all nonsense," cried Washington Otis; "Pinkerton's Champion Stain Remover and Paragon Detergent will clean it up in no time," and before the terrified housekeeper could interfere, he had fallen upon his knees, and was rapidly scouring the floor with a small stick of what looked like a black cosmetic. In a few moments no trace of the blood-stain could be seen."

The blood stain came back, though. The Otis family tried a few more times to get rid of the stain. Each attempt failed. At that point, the family became willing to admit that there might be some truth to the ghost stories.  

Within that same week, the ghost first appeared to Mr. Otis. It happened around 1 a.m. Mr. Otis was woken up in his sleep by the clanking and creaking of chains. He came out of his room to find out what was making all of the noise, and he came face to face with the red eyed ghost. The description is quite scary, but Mr. Otis's reaction is priceless. He tells the ghost to use some oil on the chains and stop making so much noise. Mr. Otis then goes back to bed. The ghost is dumbstruck at not being able to scare Mr. Otis and huffs and moans down the hall in an angry sulk.  

 "He put on his slippers, took a small oblong phial out of his dressing-case, and opened the door. Right in front of him he saw, in the wan moonlight, an old man of terrible aspect. His eyes were as red burning coals; long grey hair fell over his shoulders in matted coils; his garments, which were of antique cut, were soiled and ragged, and from his wrists and ankles hung heavy manacles and rusty gyves.

"My dear sir," said Mr. Otis, "I really must insist on your oiling those chains, and have brought you for that purpose a small bottle of the Tammany Rising Sun Lubricator. It is said to be completely efficacious upon one application, and there are several testimonials to that effect on the wrapper from some of our most eminent native divines. I shall leave it here for you by the bedroom candles, and will be happy to supply you with more, should you require it." With these words the United States Minister laid the bottle down on a marble table, and, closing his door, retired to rest."

Describe the ghost's two appearances in "The Canterville Ghost."

In "The Canterville Ghost," the ghost makes his first appearance in Chapter Two. The family are in bed, having spent a full day driving, and the ghost plans to scare them by carrying his chains up and down the corridor. The noise wakes Mr Otis who gets out of bed and opens the door to find an "old man of terrible aspect" stood before him. His eyes were as "red as burning coals" and his clothes were "soiled" and "ragged." Instead of being terrified, however, Mr Otis offers the ghost a bottle of Tammany Sun Rising Lubricator to oil his chains and to prevent any further noise. This confuses the ghost and prompts him to flee down the corridor and return to his chamber.

The ghost makes his second appearance on a Sunday night in Chapter Three. Again, the family are in bed when they are awoken by a sudden crash in the downstairs hallway. When the family arrives downstairs, they find the ghost injured, "with an acute expression of agony on his face," because he has tried and failed to wear an antique suit of armor. Suddenly, the twins begin firing their pea-shooters at him while Mr Otis threatens him with a revolver. In response, the ghost lets out of a "wild shriek of rage" and then flees the room, extinguishing Washington's candle as he goes.

From the top of the stairs, the ghost laughs demonically, in an attempt to scare the family, but this fails. Instead, Mrs Otis opens her bedroom door and offers him some tincture for his "indigestion." Indignant and humiliated, the ghost turns "faintly phosphorescent" before vanishing into thin air.