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A Haunted House: Treasures of Life


The short story "A Haunted House" is story with meaning, by portraying to us
the treasure of life. When two ghosts are searching through their old house,
looking for their "Treasure", the treasure or meaning is revealed to us. The
joy and love shared between two people is the treasure, the treasure of life.
By using irony and stream of consciousness Virginia Woolf is able to reveal the
meaning of the story.

Virginia Woolf uses a style called the "Stream of Consciousness", revealing
the lives of her characters by revealing their thoughts and associations. We
learn about the ghosts past by seeing what they thoughts and associated with
there pasts. For example when they were discussing death she put " "Here we
slept," she said. And he adds, "Kisses without number." "Waking in the morning_"
"Silver between the trees." "Upstairs-" "In the garden-" "When summer came-" "In
the winter snowtime-" "( A Haunted House Pg. 321). This quote......

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