Importance of the settings in The Signal-Mans by Charles Dickens, The Grave by the Handpost by Thomas Hardy and The Red Room by H.G.Wells

Using your reading of three nineteenth century stories about ghostly and mysterious events, explain the importance of the settings in the stories. For each story you should 1) Explain briefly what happens in the story 2) Look in detail at A. The Descriptions of places in the story B. The Historical time when the story is set C. The Social class of the main characters In this essay, I have looked at "The Red Room" by H.…

…seem to use darkness, dark places and shadows to create atmosphere. They also all contrast old superstitions with new, progressive or rational ideas. Because of the extreme importance of class during the nineteenth century, the ideas of class are evident in all of the stories. I think that Dickens' "The Signal-Man" uses setting most effectively, because it ties the whole story together, aswell as creating a very peculiar location and an interesting metaphor of class.