The Signalman and The Man with the Twisted Lip Essay -- Charles Dicken

The Signalman and The Man with the Twisted LipOriginally stories were sung or mouth and handed d sustain through word ofmouth from one soul to another. There were thousands of customs dutyalstories all over the world, from King Arthur and his knights of theround instrument panel in Britain to Hercules and the Gods on Mount Olympus inGreece.In the middle ages this was how stories were told, these stories weresometimes shown as plays, which many people could pay to watch. Theseplays were based on love, warfare and religion and were very popular witheveryone. Some mystery plays were based on bible stories and shownthroughout Europe. Others were based on the courtly love traditionwhere women were worshipped like Gods. In contrast other stories wereshown as having the damoiselle in distress such as Robin Hood, withknights and a gigantic battle of good versus evil. Some even took themyths and legends and included them in their stories this could engenderbeen where princesses were sav ed from a beast such as a flying lizard or asmall boy performing the colossal proceeding of defeating a giant.The SignalmanBy Charles DickensThe setting is a railway filiation at the bottom of a steep cutting, wherethe sunlight barely penetrated. It was a dark, dank, gloomy anddepressing place near a tunnel with a wild danger light at itsentrance. The signalmans box was scarcely a few hundred yards from theentrance of the tunnel, giving the impression that this is the becomeoutpost of flavor before entering the tunnel, which could go raven to theunderworld. NB. In Ancient Greek legends, the entrance to HadesUnderworld or shoemakers last was often portrayed as a dark tunnel or cave.The main character is a signalman, he is working class solely educatedbeyon... ...The Man With The Twisted Lip Greed, deceit and shame changed NevilleSt Clairs life as he became something he wasnt i.e. the beggar togain more money the deceit was the manner in which he gained themoney, he veritab le a character by dressing up under a disguise, andshame if the high class society found out how he gained his money itwould be social suicide for himself and his family15. The characters willingly move towards their own doom.The Signalman focused on his job to keep the train safe, willinglytended to the red light near the entrance to the tunnel but was notfocused enough on his own safety and so was cut down by the trainThe Man With The Twisted Lip Neville St Clair conscientiously chose tobe a beggar and also would have willingly gone to prison or theexecutioner rather than have revealed the secret and disgraced hisfamily.