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Virginia Otis is the 15 year old daughter of the Americans that move into Canterville Chase. She is not given to the antics of her brothers and does not enjoy tormenting or trapping the ghost. She truly wants to understand. She agrees to pray for Sir Simon so that he can go to his eternal rest. She is interested in the Duke of Chesire.

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in the novel 'THE CANTERVILLE GHOST'virginia is the symbol of peace and mercy. she helps the ghost in his salvation

virginia had a lots of spirit. she had bearen lord bilton in the horse race. it was hewr love of adventure which attract the duke of cheshire to her.he was also a boy of her age. they two became friends. there was at least one side of her characterwhich made her different from allother members of her family she has blue eyes she had sympathy even for the ghost she did not reveal her secret of stealing her colours. when she saw ghost in shamber she felt pity instead of fear. she talk with ghost without any fear .she had also a great love for her family

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Virginia was a young girl with large blue eyes who was considered gentle and beautiful. She never wished harm upon anyone and was very sincerely polite to everyone, including the ghost. When her whole family was behaving rudely to the ghost ( and so was the ghost in trying to scare her family ) she was the only one to never participate in any of the humiliating act conducted on the ghost. She believed that the ghost too had feelings and one must never be so rude to another being. When the ghost was seen depressed and alone in a room, Virginia, instead of running away, felt sad for the ghost and went up to him and spoke to him gently. She admitted that her family was very rude to the ghost and apologized on their behalf to the ghost. At the same time she did blame the ghost for trying to scare them in the first place, thus showing that she blames both sides. After the ghost explained to her that the only way he could be freed was if someone sincerely prayed for his soul, Virginia bravely faced all the supernatural obstacles and prayed sincerely for the ghost to be freed.

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Virigina is a good-hearted, active fifteen year old girl. Wilde says of her that she “was a little girl of fifteen, lithe and lovely as a fawn, and with a fine freedom in her large blue eyes. She was a wonderful Amazon, and had once raced old Lord Bilton on her pony twice round the park, winning by a length and a half, just in front of the Achilles statue, to the huge delight of the young Duke of Cheshire, who proposed for her on the spot, and was sent back to Eton that very night by his guardians, in floods of tears.” For all her activity, Virigina is distinguished from her brothers in that she does not participate in any of the pranks they play on the ghost. In fact, Virginia can be thought of as a version of the Victorian home-goddess character common in Victorian narratives; this person (always female) is the one who maintains domestic tranquility, has infinite patience, is always willing to help, and is honest to a fault, and has an unfailing sense of right and wrong. Notably, it is Virigina that gains the ghost’s confidence in Chapter 5, and it is her sympathy and understanding that makes it possible for the ghost to finally find rest. As the Duke says to Virginia when she leads her family to the ghost’s skeleton, now at peace: “What an angel you are!”
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Miss Virginia Otis is the daughter of Mrs. And Mr.Otis .She is fifteen years old, elegant and lovely as a fawn with a fine freedom in her large blue eyes.She is tall with athletic personality.She is kind hearted and generous.She is not afraid of ghost.At the end, she is the only one who helps the ghost and sympathizes with him.
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In "The Canterville Ghost," Virginia is the only member of the family who shows no interest in the ghost at all. She does not bother him nor does she try to remove the blood-stain in the library, like the other members of her family. This demonstrates her unprejudiced and inclusive attitude towards others: she not only accepts the ghost as a fellow inhabitant of the house but she respects his historic position.

Secondly, Virginia is kind-hearted, as we see in Chapter Five when she meets the Canterville ghost in person. When he tells her that he was starved to death, for example, she offers him a sandwich from her case. In addition, when the ghost says that he has not slept for three hundred years and is very tired, her reaction provides further evidence of her kind and gentle nature.


Finally, Virginia is helpful and generous, even when her safety is in peril. This is shown by her willingness to help the ghost, even though she is warned against it

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In "The Canterville Ghost," Virginia is the only member of the family who shows no interest in the ghost at all. She does not bother him nor does she try to remove the blood-stain in the library, like the other members of her family. This demonstrates her unprejudiced and inclusive attitude towards others: she not only accepts the ghost as a fellow inhabitant of the house but she respects his historic position. Secondly, Virginia is kind-hearted, as we see in Chapter Five when she meets the Canterville ghost in person. When he tells her that he was starved to death, for example, she offers him a sandwich from her case. In addition, when the ghost says that he has not slept for three hundred years and is very tired, her reaction provides further evidence of her kind and gentle nature. Finally, Virginia is helpful and generous, even when her safety is in peril. This is shown by her willingness to help the ghost, even though she is warned against it
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