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Chactersketch of The ghost Centerville Chase?

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The ghost, Sir Simon, is badly misunderstood. By making Sir Simon a more rounded character than the average ghost, Wilde turns stereotypes about ghosts ontheir heads.

We learn that Sir Simon, while he feels an obligation to do his duty by trying to frighten the Otis family, really would prefer to be released from the job.

In fact, he ends up more frightened of the prankster Otis twins then they are of him.We find out about his sensitivity when Virginia talks to him and learns he wants nothing more than to be released to die. He shows vulnerability when he confides in her that he needs someone pure, like her, to pray for him so that he can go to his final rest.

He is not so much terrifying, as we normally imagine a ghost, as sad.We know that he likes to dress up, showing a theatrical side.One interpretation is that heis a portrait of Wilde himself,who felt misunderstood and"othered" because of his homosexuality. Wilde liked to dress up and was a sought-after guest for society hostesses because ofhis ability to be entertaining.Underneath, however, like the ghost, he suffered.



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