what is the relevance of the novel the canterville ghost to the present times?

The ghost had the enthusiastic egotism of a true artist and went over his most celebrated performances with the elan of a performer. He was not interested in being a scary ghost rather he wanted to play the part of a scary ghost and revel in his performances. He wanted to preserve his impeccable record of success in scaring people and dress for the occasion accordingly. The ghost wasn't evil, he was simply interested in enjoying his performances with the egotistical enjoyment of a born artist. Wilde played upon the conventional images of how a ghost has been represented in popular imagination and literature to draw his portrait of the ghost. The title not only draws our attention to the protagonist of the story but also the specific genre to which the story belongs. However, Wilde plays upon the conventional images of how a ghost has been represented in popular imagination and literature to draw his portrait of the ghost. The ghost of Canterville looked like an old man of terrible aspect, his eyes were like red burning coals, long grey hair that fell over his shoulder in matted coils and garments of antique cut, solid and ragged. From his wrists and ankles were hung heavy manacles and rusty gyves. This was the stereotypical picture of the old manorial ghost in a suitably haunted house, playing on key elements from gothic and supernatural stories. The blood stain, the back-story of the ghost and usage of the tropes from this genre add to Wilde's objective of stereotyping the ghost. In spite of the fact that the ghost had come to this state by murdering his wife, Wilde does not let the story become macabre or sinister. He maintains the humour by making the ghost an object of humour, the narrative offered by the ghost himself.