I was inspired by "The Woman in Black" by Susan Hill to write a short extract of the novel. The Woman in Black focuses on the protagonist, Arthur Kipps, who is the hero of the novel and tries to defeat the ghost who is the villain in this novel. I decided to explore the uses of characterization and the idea of ​​the hero-villain by reversing the roles, so in the excerpt of my novel the protagonist is the ghost and will also turn out to be the hero. I set my novel in the same era as Hill set his, presumably the 19th century, however we are not sure of this as there is no firm evidence in his writing. Since the excerpt I wrote is the opening of a novel, I tried to effectively engage readers' interest and create the foundation for the rest of the novel. I used a pathetic fallacy to do this by opening with a paragraph that set the scene with a pathetic fallacy such as that "the wind blew cold and harsh" and "pierced his skin ferociously." This is similar to the beginning of chapter 2, A London Particular in The Woman in Black. Hill uses fog to create suspense and make the reader believe that the fog and overall "gloomy" weather hint at the negative things that will happen later in the novel. This is the effect I tried to create in my writings, especially when the "snowflakes melt when they encounter intense heat from within", which shows that snowflakes that "flutter gracefully" come to a “sudden ending,” which is a warning to the reader that even when things go well later in the novel, all is not as it seems and there will be a sudden, bad ending, just like at the end of The Woman in Black. This type of ending is often used in the gothic horror genre and John Maloley will be no different. I have... half the paper... a pathetic mistake, the hidden secrets, the lies and the determination to find it. a solution that emerges just towards the end of the opening. I think the scene the novel is set in is very effective as it suggests a more negative ending and leaves the reader feeling uncomfortable and nervous, which is what the genre is about. however I think more aspects of the 19th century could be intertwined, such as the way Hill writes about ponies and traps as a means of transportation. This may, however, become more apparent later in the novel. The Woman in Black inspired me to create a chilling gothic ghost story and to work on the climate and location, which are however very similar, using a ghost protagonist instead, looking at the whole situation from a different point of view while incorporating the usual Characteristics of the ghost story. Works Cited: The Woman in Black