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Jewett's Ghost Story 'The Foreigner'

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Jewett’s story “The Foreigner” is considered to be a ghost story of her time but not the type of ghost story we have read in Jame’s “The Jolly Corner”. Unlike James’ ghost story that left the reader spooked at the ending, Jewett’s did not leave you with the same unsettling feeling. Jewett instead uses Mrs. Todd to represent the ghostly presence because of the way she tells her story of Mrs. Tolland. I felt more of a witchiness presence than a ghost story because of the characters connection to the supernatural, for example when we see Mrs. Todd walk in on Mrs. Tolland’s "fête day” a day where she honors a religious ritual to tell her that her husband has died, she starts to die herself. On Mrs. Tolland’s death bed, I realized that she is not
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