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H. G. Wells

H.G. Wells' "The Stolen Bacillus" is a short story about a bacteriologist whose laboratory is infiltrated by an anarchist. The bacteriologist shows the anarchist a vial containing a deadly cholera...

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H. G. Wells

In H.G. Wells' "The Magic Shop," a narrator and his son, Gip, venture into a magic shop filled with intriguing items. They meet the shopman who shows them genuine magic tricks, leading to Gip's...

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In "The Stolen Bacillus," the Bacteriologist is portrayed as intelligent but somewhat absent-minded and overly trusting, focused on his scientific work. The Anarchist, on the other hand, is depicted...

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The theme of "The Stolen Bacillus" revolves around the misuse of science and the threat of terrorism. The story highlights the dangers posed by careless scientists working with deadly materials,...

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"The Valley of Spiders" follows three pursuers tracking escaped slaves through an unnaturally still valley. One rider notes the lifelessness of the landscape until they encounter a mad dog fleeing...

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What happens to the narrator in "The Red Room" is that he gradually becomes unhinged by fear. During his night in the red room he feels incredibly uneasy, as if there's a ghostly presence lurking...

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In "The Beautiful Suit" by H.G. Wells, the suit symbolizes the protagonist's longing for the perfect moment to experience life, which ultimately results in missed opportunities. Moonlight and the...

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H. G. Wells

Fear is the overarching theme in H. G. Wells’s “The Red Room.” Fear is explored through two sets of thematic relationships: light versus dark and the human versus the inhuman.

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I think an interesting approach to understanding H.G. Wells’s short story “The Star” (1897) is by paying particularly close attention to its beginning and end. After launching us straight into the...

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H. G. Wells

In H.G. Wells' "The Magic Shop," the shopkeeper performs two notable tricks for Gip and his father: producing a glass ball from his head and causing the shop door to lock magically, preventing...

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The narrator did not want to go to the show-room of the magic shop because he was already suspicious of the place, thinking that the magic looked too real.

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The "pale-faced man" in "The Stolen Bacillus" gains access to the Bacteriologist's laboratory through deception, using a forged letter of introduction claiming to be from an "old friend" of the...

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H. G. Wells

Analyzing H. G. Wells's exploration of science in "The Star" reveals a complicated attitude. On the one hand, this story does contain themes by which rationality is weighed against superstition, with...

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When Gip's father cannot find the door or the magic shop, he is so bewildered that he calls a cab and goes home.

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In H. G. Wells’s story “The Red Room,” the narrator is a skeptical man who spends a night in a room that is reputedly haunted. Several unexplained things occur during the night, during which he hits...

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