Virginia Woolfs Short Story, A Haunted House :: Virginia Woolf A Haunted House

Virginia Woolfs Short Story, A Haunted HouseThe short story A Haunted House is story with meaning, by portraying to usthe treasure of life. When two ghosts are searching through their old house,looking for their Treasure, the treasure or meaning is revealed to us. The rejoice and love shared mingled with two mountain is the treasure, the treasure of life.By using derision and stream of consciousness Virginia Woolf is able to reveal themeaning of the story.Virginia Woolf uses a style called the Stream of intelligence, revealingthe lives of her characters by revealing their thoughts and associations. Welearn about the ghosts past by seeing what they thoughts and associated withthere pasts. For example when they were discussing death she put Here weslept, she said. And he adds, Kisses without number. waking in the morning_Silver between the trees. Upstairs- In the garden- When summer came- Inthe winter snowtime- ( A Haunted House Pg. 321). This quote shows us whatplaces and action s the ghosts associate with there joy and love. Using streamof consciousness gives us a better feeling of what the characters are goingthrough, which in turn gives us a better judgment of the meaning.We also see the use of irony, using a word or phrase to mean the exactopposite of its literal or normal meaning. The irony is that the story istitled A Haunted House which made us think that the house was an evil place.The house ends up being where every matter good happens. The ghosts did nothaunt the people , instead they make them realize the treasure they have. Byseeing how much the ghosts valued finding their treasure it makes the peopletake a harder look at what their treasure is, the love and joy they share. Itis very evident when she says Now they found it, one would be certain,stopping the pencil on the margin. And then, tired of reading, one might rise