Concetti Chiave
- Lord and Lady Canterville's house is haunted by a ghost that frightens people with noises and blood stains.
- The Otis family, Americans who don't believe in ghosts, buy the Canterville house.
- The ghost, Sir Simon de Canterville, is disturbed by the Otis family's lack of fear and eventually stops his haunting activities.
- Virginia Otis learns of a prophecy and helps the ghost find peace by asking the angel of Death for assistance.
- Virginia returns with jewellery given by the ghost, signifying his release and newfound peace.
Indice
La casa dei Canterville
Lord and lady canterville lived in a big beautiful old house. But there was one problem. A ghost malked around the house at night and tried to fighten people. Mysterious noises came from the corridors and every morning there was blood on the library floor. The cantervilles decide3d to sell their house-but who wanted to buy a house with a ghost?
L'arrivo della famiglia Otis
The Otis family did. Hey were Americans. ‘We come from a modern country’, said Mr Otis to Lord Canterville. ‘Yes, we’re a normal family. We don’t believe in ghosts,’ added Mrs Otis. And so the Otis family bought the house and moved in. Mr and Mrs had four children. Their son, Washington, their teenage daughter, Virginia, and young twin boys. When the family arrived at Canterville they saw blood on the floor in the library. An old woman, the servant in the house, told them about the ghost. ‘it is the ghost or Sir Simon de Canterville. He killed his wife in the library in 1575. He died in 1584 and now his ghost visits the house and terrible things happen. You can’t clean the blood of the floor’. The family did not believe her but every morning the blood appeared again.
Il fantasma e la famiglia Otis
One night, at 12 o’ clock, Mr Otis heard a terrible noise. He opened the door and swathe ghost-abn old man with old clothes and with noisy chains. Mr Otis wasn’t afraid, he was angry. ‘can you stop making that noise?’ he said. The twin boys laughed at the ghost. The ghost was very angry because the family weren’t afraid of him! He appeared again and again, always at 12 o’clock but the family were not afraid of him the twins played tricks on him!
La profezia e Virginia
The ghost stopped going out at night and stopped putting the blood of the floor of the library. The house became very quiet. One day, the ghost was open and Virginia went in. the ghost was very calm and sad. I did a terrible thing when I alive, "said the ghost". And now I can’t sleep and I can’t die. Butwas there is a prophecy-in the library there is strange writing on the window and it says that one day young girl can help me to die.’ Virginia took the ghost’s hand. ‘I am not afraid’, she sad, and she asked the angel of Death to help the ghost of Simon Canterville.
La scomparsa e il ritorno di Virginia
That evening, Virginia did not come down for dinner. Mr Otis looked for her. She was not in her room. She was not in the garden. Mr and Mrs Otis were very worried. Then, at 12 o’clock, there was a terrible noise. Virginia appearead. Sha had a small box with jewellery in it. She told her family about the ghost and showed them his room. In tha room there was a skeleton. ‘he gave me this jewellery before he died. Now the ghost is happy,’ said Virginia. ‘now he can sleep’.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Por qué la familia Otis decidió comprar la casa de los Canterville?
- ¿Qué sucedía cada noche en la casa de los Canterville?
- ¿Cómo reaccionó el fantasma ante la falta de miedo de la familia Otis?
- ¿Cómo ayudó Virginia al fantasma de Sir Simon de Canterville?
La familia Otis, siendo americanos y modernos, no creía en fantasmas y por eso decidieron comprar la casa a pesar de las advertencias sobre el fantasma.
Cada noche, a las 12 en punto, el fantasma de Sir Simon de Canterville aparecía haciendo ruidos terribles, pero la familia Otis no le tenía miedo y los gemelos incluso le hacían bromas.
El fantasma se enfureció porque la familia no le tenía miedo y eventualmente dejó de salir por las noches y de poner sangre en el suelo de la biblioteca.
Virginia tomó la mano del fantasma y pidió al ángel de la Muerte que ayudara al fantasma a descansar en paz, cumpliendo así una profecía que decía que una joven podría ayudarlo a morir.
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