Ghost Stories · Character
Mrs. Franklyn
A woman who appears in a ghost story.
minor
Also known as Franklyn
First appearance: the room in the tower
Mrs. Franklyn shows up with force in The House with the Brickkiln. The page is where that presence becomes real.
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In The House with the Brickkiln: Mrs. Franklyn is the housekeeper who is startled by an unseen presence in the narrator's bedroom and finds her candle mysteriously extinguished. Later, in The House with the Brickkiln:…
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- Ensemble of eerie encounters
- Protagonist
- Romantic supernatural participants
- Recurring central figures
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
This excerpt is the dramatic climax because it marks the emotional and psychological peak where Roderick’s vei…
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