There are many comparisons that can be made with "The Red Room" and "The Signal-man" by HG Wells and Charles Dickens respectively. I will look at some of these comparisons as well as analyze these two stories. These two stories are both classified in the Gothic genre. This was highly valued during the Victorian Industrial Revolution towards the end of the 19th century. Both were also written during the Industrial Age. Science, particularly physics, was beginning to take over on a practical level; people could no longer work because most jobs became motorized: thanks to new technological advances. In “The Signal-man,” science takes over in the form of the train; whereas during “The Red Room,” the science is there but people are unable to understand it. “The Red Room,” written by HG Wells, opens in the middle of a direct speech. This immerses the reader directly into the story. It also makes the reader feel like they are starting their reading in the middle of a conversation with the phrase It's your own choice, the meaning of which is not yet explained. This particular line also creates an air of mystery which is very good when writing a gothic story. This technique is good because it engages the reader and stimulates the brain, making them want to know more. This means that the reader continues reading to learn more about the tale. This technique also works very well because, like "The Signal-man", "The Red Room" is also a serialized story. The Signal-man, however, begins with a somewhat friendly opening. The tale begins with a line of speech, then a description of the situation, then there is a bit of pathetic error in the description of the angry sunset. The open...... middle of paper...... until the climax at the end of his story. The Signalman also had all the ingredients of what, in my opinion, is a good gothic tale. There is the mystery that this gentleman had to solve: what haunted the signalman. There is also the appearance of the supernatural: in the form of the scepter. There were also many displays of emotion: fear at the beginning, what could be described as love in the middle, and what could be described as heartbreak at the end. There is also the generalization of the protagonists, giving them no name, no identity, making them ordinary men. Finally, the pace quickly changed as the tale reached its climax through the use of stichomythia and the rather ambivalent ending of the tale, an ending that plays with the reader's mind and causes them to ask many questions. questions, for example, whether or not suicide, I committed suicide