Scary Stories Revenge From the Grave Creative Writing
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Scary Stories: Revenge From the Grave Creative Writing Benjamin Way 5/20/14
Overview “Revenge from the Grave” description Varieties Purpose Pros and Cons
Description “Revenge from the Grave” ghost stories are tales in which a person who was killed is able to avenge themselves by haunting someone. Sometimes they haunt the person who wronged them, but sometimes they haunt someone else to bring the real culprit to light.
Varieties Ghost leads person to evidence of crime, leading to conviction of culprit. Ghost haunts culprit, making them die. Ghost haunts someone else, making culprit die somehow. Ghost haunts culprit, making them confess.
Purpose “Revenge from the Grave” stories aren’t just about scaring people. They are also about making people afraid to do evil things – the moral of the story is that the evil-doer will get punished eventually, even if they initially get away.
Differences In contrast to other stories just intended to scare, These stories tend to have very satisfying endings where everything is resolved. Because the ghost is directed at a single individual, the reader doesn’t feel like they could be next These stories usually keep the protagonist alive and well, so the reader doesn’t feel threatened.
Review “Revenge from the Grave” stories are much less scary. There are several varieties, but they all focus on sending a message that evil will be punished.
