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1
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What did Rev. Wescott say needed to be included in a supernatural account for it to be more constructive

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The persons natural temperament, constitution and state at the time

2
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What cases did Cambridge ghost club exclude

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Ones that depend on the cases of uneducated persons

3
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Explain the parallels between Mrs Vatas-Simpsons account of ghosts and those in tots

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.2 ghost (male and female)
.two children
.presence of governess presumably,
.strange noises and cry of infant 
.stays awake late and night then sees
a women on the stairs 
.verbal parallels = 'how did that man get in and how did he get out' (convo in tots) 
.a man who appears occasionally on the stairs 
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4
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Give another classic witness of a ghost

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Mrs C- ‘I plainly saw the figure of a female figure dressed in black’

5
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What author did HJ criticise

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Anne Radcliffe (mysteries of Udolpho)

6
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What author did HJ praise

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Wilkie Collins ‘the woman in White’

7
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What did HJ say about the women in white by Wilkie Collins

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‘Instead of the terrors of Udolpho we are treated to the terrors of a cheerful country house and the busy London lodgings. And there is no doubt that these were infinitely more terrible’

8
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What did James say a good ghost story needed

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To ‘be connected at a hindered points with the common objects of life’

9
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Who’s farther have HJ the essence of a story about some dead servants and some children

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Arthur Benson

10
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What did HJ say had happened to his novella

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It had been serialised

11
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Why is Arthur bensons farther connected to the prologue

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He told HJ an account of ghosts around a fire that was ‘the dimmest account’ from a person he ‘half knew’

12
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What did HJ say about his conscious intention

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Strikes people as being ‘larger than I deserve it should be thought’

13
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What HJ quote suggests that tots is a pot boiler

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‘I can only blush to see real substance read into them’

14
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What inkling of hope is there that tots isn’t just a pot boiler

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‘The truth was at the back of my head’ -HJ

15
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Quote from HJ to suggest RRT was anticipated

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‘Always grateful to the justifying commentator’

16
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Are the events true ?

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‘Fairy tale- pure and simple’ HJ

17
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What does Brooke-Rose say about whether or not there are ghosts or they are just hallucinations

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‘No word or incident in the story that cannot be interpreted both ways’

18
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Feurerlicht on the death of Miles

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‘The death of a healthy child from shock seems… Almost as unbelievable as the existence of evil ghosts’

19
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Why does Maria edge worth this children learn ‘vulgar’ and ‘awkward’ tricks

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Being in ‘the society of servants’

20
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What does Maria-edgeworth think about leaving children with servants

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‘Its the worst thing in the world’

21
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Maria-edgeworth quote with which links in with quint and miles

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‘It may be feared that some secret intercourse should be carried on between children and servants’

22
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Why would a women accept such a position as the gov. In Bly

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‘The governess has virtually no choice in the matter’

23
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Name some qualities a Governess apparently would have had

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‘Attached to her pupils’ and a ‘strict sense of duty’

24
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What does being a Gov lead to

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‘A broken continuation, and a lonely un-blessed old age’

25
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What position is a women of education placed in when becoming a governess

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‘An ambiguous and inferior position with none of the privileges of a recognised profession’

26
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What position is a vulgar, half educated women placed in when becoming a gov.

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‘Situation of high responsibility, requiring superior endowments’

27
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What does any women in the position of a gov bring in any cases

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‘More or less evil consequences’

28
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What did Anna Jameson say happened to her governess

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‘Became languid, nervous and utterly broken down’

29
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What do young governess’ come to the job with

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‘Hope’ ‘courage’ ‘lofty idea of the task you undertake’ feelings of being ‘uplifted’

30
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Where did Douglas go to uni and what club was there

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Trinity - Cambridge ghost club