The Canterville GHOST

Description

Mind Map on The Canterville GHOST, created by Sarahasif on 22/07/2014.
Sarahasif
Mind Map by Sarahasif, updated more than 1 year ago
Sarahasif
Created by Sarahasif almost 10 years ago
527
1

Resource summary

The Canterville GHOST
  1. Culture clash
    1. Wilde compares the Behaviour of the American Otises with The british upper classes.
    2. Forgiveness
      1. Sir simon urges Virginia to pray for Him and forgiveness is granted by God and the almond tree blossoms
      2. Horror story
        1. It is a horror story with a ghost, spooky atmosphere, peals of thunder etc.
        2. Literary devices used
          1. Humor, wit and sattire.
          2. Character plot
            1. He pits one culture against another
              1. Characters represent both england and america
              2. Characters
                1. Lord canterville
                  1. Belongs to a very old british family who has been the owner of Canterville chase and sold the haunted house to otis
                  2. Mr.Otis
                    1. American ambassador coming from a modern country and doesnt believe in ghosts
                    2. Mrs.Otis
                      1. Well known New York beauty, now a fine looking middle aged woman
                      2. Washington
                        1. Oldest son, fair haired good looking young man who was also a famous dancer
                        2. Miss Virginia
                          1. Lovely girl of 15 who had blue eyes, a good sportswoman and loved to ride horses
                          2. The twins
                            1. Happy little boys who laughed and shouted a lot , they liked playing tricks on people and were often punished for them
                            2. Sir simon
                              1. The Canterville ghost , killed his wife and mysteriously disappeared but his ghost still haunts the Chase
                            Show full summary Hide full summary

                            Similar

                            Characters in "King Lear"
                            eleanor.gregory
                            Circular Motion
                            alex.examtime9373
                            GCSE French Edexcel High Frequency Verbs: Second Set
                            alecmorley2013
                            Biology AS Level Vocab- OCR- Chapters 1 and 2
                            Laura Perry
                            GCSE Mathematics Topics
                            goldsmith.elisa
                            River Landscapes
                            Chima Power
                            Chemistry C2
                            greenchloe1998
                            AQA GCSE Physics Unit 3 Mindmap
                            Gabi Germain
                            Maths: Geometry
                            noajaho1
                            The Circulatory System
                            Johnny Hammer
                            Specific Topic 7.3 Timber selection
                            T Andrews