what do mr Otis his wife and their children have in common
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Describe each member of the Otis family, and explain at least one characteristic present in all of them in "The Canterville Ghost."
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Describe each member of the Otis family, and explain at least one characteristic present in all of them in "The Canterville Ghost."
If we begin first with the members of the Otis family, there are six in all. Firstly, there is Mr. Hiram Otis, the head of the family, who is a very practical and outspoken man. Next is his wife, Mrs. Otis, who is interested in the supernatural and intends to join a psychical society. The eldest child is Washington Otis, a young, energetic man who is notable for his determination to remove the bloodstain in the library. Virginia Otis is the couple’s only daughter. She is more reserved than her siblings, but her beauty and elegance has won the love of the Duke of Cheshire. Finally, the Stars and Stripes are the family’s twin boys, who are portrayed as naughty and boisterous.
Although the members of the Otis family are very different in terms of their personalities, they do share one characteristic in common: their willingness to interact with Sir Simon, the Canterville Ghost. However, each family member does this in a different way. The twins, for instance, delight in terrorizing the Ghost, and Mr. Otis gives him lubricant to oil his chains because the noise is irritating. In contrast, Virginia interacts with the Ghost by giving him her pity and support, an act which leads to his final deliverance from sin.
How did the Otis family react when they saw the Canterville Ghost?
The family members made fun of it. They even offered it a bottle of oil to lubricate its chains and stop making noises. They applied their American stain remover to clean the blood stain made by the ghost to scare them. Ultimately it was the ghost who got terrified by them and not vice versa