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THE SIGNAL MAN
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deaths on the train are tragic.When signal man witnesses two such tragedies ,he becomes more alert,more frenzied.His warnings come from a ghost .When the narrator visits signalman ,all is disclosed
the narrator doubts a man at first,but a the story's conclusion a strange event makes a believer.
this story begins with narrator (who for unexplained reasons has choosen to pay a visit to the signalman whom he doesn't know)standing at the edge of rail gorge,shouting down to signalman in his hut.
When the signal man and the narrator meet ,they talk about the signal man's life,and on the second visit the signal man feels comfort and tells him that he saw a ghost .Third meeting ends with the signalman's death
Signalman
depicted as a'sallow man' ,he is built up as aliterate and educated man
Narrator
skeptical of signalman ,finds him as the story progresses,at his death the narrator is depressed
The Narrator.the unnamed narrator ,a cheerful and logical man ,befriends the signal man at the start of story
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Tom is the engine -driver whose train kills the signalman.Tom tells narrator that he attempted to warn signalmanof train's approach by yelling and waving his arms
THE GHOST is a mysterious figure that haunts the signalman ,always appearing by red light near the tunnel and always covering it's face
THE SIGNALMEN ,a dark sallow who relucantly befriends narrator ,he responsble for guiding trains safely
Signal man is a short story of mystery,intrigue,sadness and death on the railroad
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