The Signal-Man - Charles Dickens

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The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens Comprehension and analysis: Composition: 1. Try to divide the story into sections using time as a criterion. 1. day – Talked about his life before his job as a signalman. The signalman talks about something that had happened, but nothing in specific. 2. day – He talks about what he has seen (a ghost,death) one year earlier, and mentioned the trainaccident in the tunnel. That happenes after the ghost appeared. When the ghost appears again, woman is thrown out of the train. 3. day. Setting: 2. How is the setting of the story described? - What details of the place add to the suspense in the story? *Traintracks, tunnel, deep down a hill, where the teller stands. Wet and clammy steps down. Describes the place as if it was “Hell” a creepy, scary, dark place. 3. What clues are there that something mysterious or supernatural is involved? What details add to the suspense? *A figure appearing and re-appearing. The signalman heard bells ringing. Dickens didn't hear them. Characters: 4. Why is the Signalman shocked when the narrator calls to him? *He thought the ghost appeared again. He shouts the same thing as the ghost. 5. What do we find out about the signalman? *He had thaught himself a language, he is highly educated. 6. What is the signalman afraid of? * He is afraid of the ghost, and he is fearfull of another accident. He is afraid of the hunting, he doesnt know what is happening and why he is seeing this omen. 7. What happened after the figure had appeared on the first occasion? * A trainaccident six hours later. 8. What happened after the figure had appeared on the second occasion? * A woman gets thrown out of the window the train. 9. What happened to the signalman in the end? * He dies. Hit by a train. 10. What did you like about the story? What did you find

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