Comparing Description and Imagery in The Foghorn and The...

Description and Imagery in The Foghorn and The Signalman For this assignment I will be looking at two short narratives. One was written by Bradbury, in the mid twentieth century ,The Foghorn and the other was written by Dickens, The Signalman over one hundred years before. Both are based on supernatural themes and ideas. It is obvious that Dickens tale was written in the mid nineteenth century because his style of writing is very different to the more modern techniques writers employ today. In his story he tells us about objects which no longer have a place in modern society ,such as the telegraph and the steam train. Therefore it was necessary to look more closely at Dickens script to identify how he creates a†¦show more content†¦The narrator is obviously posed the same question and comments: There was something remarkable about his manner. The narrator wonders why the Signalman does not answer. So, right from the beginning the audience has the perception that the Signalman is slightly mysterious and strange. The opening to The Fog Horn is quite similar. From the outset the light house in the story is established as a desolated, mysterious place, cold, dark and dismal, as described when the narrator says : Out there in the cold water we waited every night for the coming of the fog. This immediately creates a cold dark atmosphere and prepares the reader for what is come. Straight away McDunn and the narrator are established as two isolated people, as described when the narrator says : Feeling like two birds in the grey sky, McDunn and I sent the light, Also when McDunn says: Its a lonely life. All of this imagery and description creates a powerful impression of how bleak and lonely the lighthouse is. The narrator in The Signalman is a mysterious man, like the signal man himself. He does not give a lot of information about himself, not even his name. He says that he is staying in a inn: I am currently staying in a small inn in the village near by However he does not give