desribe the blood strain incident?(canterville ghost)

Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost" is an amusing yet tragic tale. Simon Canterville the protagonist of the story is a ghost that haunts Canterville Chase. He had murdered his wife and hence, was starved to death by his brothers-in-law. The bloodstain was that of his wife. Mrs. Otis wanted the stain to be removed and her son Washington, promptly removed it with the help of Paragon Detergent. There was an ominous thunderclap once the stain was removed. Nevertheless, the stain kept on returning everyday. The Ghost would use the colors belonging to young Miss Otis to put the stain back in its place. The colors kept on changing from red, to vermilion, to emerald. The result of the efforts made by the Ghost did not make the Otis family afraid, but only amused them. 

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When the story begins, Lord Canterville warns Mr.Otis that the presence of ghost in canterville chase has made it uninhabitable. Mr.Otis however remains septic.. When the Otis family enters, the blood stain is the first physical evidence that a murder has been committed and the mansion is haunted.

The attempt to wipe it away leads to a threatening and strange peal of thunder and the fainting of Mrs.Umney. Even though the blood stain was removed by Mr.Otis on the moment, it was found to be appearing on the consecutive days that came.

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