Beggarwoman from Locarno- Heinrich von Kleist

Sighting in this story

-the story begins stating that the Marquis castle now lays in rack and ruin

Thickening in this story

-the Marquis comes home from hunting and orders the old woman behind the oven where she slips and dies

-a cavalier that was looking to buy the Marquis castle stays the night and hears the ghost of the old woman

-the Marquis stays in the room and also hears the ghost

Revel in this story

-the Marquis burns the house down while his wife escapes after he heard the ghost again

Aftermath in this story

-the Marquis white bones are still in the burned down castle

Where do you see vastation in this story?

-the Marquis, “numb with terror and weary of life,” burned his castle down

Where do you see affect horror in this story?

-the Marquis forces the old woman to walk across the room after she broke her back

-the cavalier hears the old woman years after she has died 

-the Marquis burns the house down in fear of the old woman’s ghost and dies too