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Chapter 7
The plot:
The
chapter begins with the magnificent
funeral of the ghost; in this event all
the Otis family participated: the
housemaids and Lord Canterville. After the
service, Lord Canterville offered the
jewels to Mr. Otis, and they had a
discussion, because he couldn’t accept
them as he was not a Canterville family’s
member. However, in the end Lord
Canterville convinced him to accept the
jewels-case. After that in 1890 Virginia
married the Duke of Chesire, and her
jewels were the universal theme of
admiration.
The Duke and the Duchess, after their
honeymoon was over, went down to
Canterville Chase and they walked to the
lonely churchyard by the pine-woods. Cecil
asked Virginia what happened when she was
locked with the ghost, but she didn’t
reveal her secret.
Comments:
we
think that this chapter is very different
from the others because it's sentimental
and romantic; and also it’s sad because we
like the ghost and we didn’t want him to
die.
But in
conclusion, it’s a happy ending, because
it finished on a promise of love. This
story taught us that love is stronger than
life and death.
Quotations:
1.“...it
was generally felt that, as she had been
frightened by the ghost for more than
fitfty years of her life, she had a right
to see the last of him...”
We
have chosen it because here, we can
comprehend the condition that Mrs. Umney,
has lived for fifty years of her life, and
we can see that the ghost’s death is a
rescue for her.
2.“...as
she did so, the moon came out from behind
a cloud, and flooded with its silent
silver the little churchyard, and from a
distant copse a nightngale began to
sing...”
We
have chosen this sentence because we can
see in it the charming atmosphere of this
event.
3.”..her
eyes became dim with tears, and she hardly
spoke a word during the drive home...”
This
is a description of the situation of
Virginia; she is upset for the mystical
esperience.
4.”...he
made me seen what Life is, and what Death
signifies, and why Love is strongest the
both..”
This
is the moral of the story, Virginia is
upset for the experience, but she
comprehends what are life and death, and
she says that love these.
Isn’t it wonderful?!?!?!
By Ilaria and Francesca, Aurélie and
Lucile
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