Mystery in Charlotte Brontes Napoleon and the Spectre and Charles Dick

Mystery in Charlotte Brontes catnap and the Spectre and Charles ogre SignalmanThe two stories that I have been studying be Napoleon and theSpectre and the Signalman written by Charlotte Bronte and CharlesDickens respectively. Both the stories are set in the nineteenthcentury, a period of time when the country was experiencing rapidchange. Brontes bal acey Napoleon and the Spectre is a write up roughly theEmperor of France who at that time was a leading figure in society, asymbol and trademark of Frances principal(prenominal) position in the world.Napoleon was a gallant and valiant pass and he supposedly murderedGeneral Pichegru. In the story Napoleon comes in to contact with astrange supernatural creature who entices him and takes him on adeeply strange tour of the streets of Paris. Napoleon allows himselfto be interpreted on this tour partly due to his courageousness and the factthat the jot exerts a power over him, encouraging him on withenticing remarks such as,Follow me Napoleon and though shall seek more.With Brontes story being on one side of the spectrum Dickens is onthe other as it tells a alone different type of story. It is onceagain set in near the same period of time when the civilized worldwas in the bosom of a period of great change as the country wasgripped in the Industrial Revolution. The Revolution saw the beginningof the steam railway, the introduction of telegraphs and theavailableness of electricity, all this was the catalyst for the classdivide to become more exaggerated, with the myopic getting unequaler andthe rich getting richer. It was also the period in which large number werestill generally strict Christians and Catholics, sceptical to anythingn... ...r particularly interested in what the eventualoutcome of the story will be. I feel it doesnt take over the necessarycriteria to be a good short story, it is not socialize norexciting, but more a social/historical commentary of that time.Dickens saw it as his role to w rite about the plight of the poor andunder privileged and wanted to encourage people to think about socialinequalities. Where Signalman has its short comings, BrontesNapoleon and the Spectre meets the criteria perfectly, it is short,has the necessary excitement and action to have an regard on thereader, which is what the aim of a short story should be. Brontesensationalises a human race figure and portrays him as a bad man,consequently it could be said that this story also carries a moral inthat we should be accountable for our actions no matter what ourposition in life may be.