Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories and culture

Culture

• The attitudes and behavior characteristic of a particular group.

• Our culture informs our world view.

Ghost Stories Come From Culture.

Every culture has their own and they are all based on the superstitions taught by the culture.

Open Ended

What superstitions do you know of in our own culture?

Superstitions start in our culture.

They are based on what humans fear- according to what they have been taught to believe by their culture.

Vocab- Ghost Stories:

feature ghosts or

other supernatural beings. They

play on people’s superstitious

fears and beliefs.

Charles Dickens uses superstition from culture to...

• Create a ghost story people would actually relate to.

• Use the story to share a deeper lesson to the audience.

What is our deeper lesson?

• The narrator strikes a contrast between Reality and Unreality.

  Look at the doctor's reasoning in the early part of the story. Contrast it to the very end of the story.

• What symbols do we find in the story? (eyes, the ghost, the danger light, etc.)

• What do you think Charles is trying to show the readers about reality?

Open Ended

Why do you think Charles uses a ghost story to portray this meaning instead of some other genre?