I suppose that ghosts have to have a reason to haunt, which presumably gives them the requisite oomph to return. This gets around the problem that hospitals should otherwise be crammed full of them, as they won't necessarily be if there has to be a specific purpose for the hauntings.
(Btw, this argument was in the ghostly play 2:22, which I saw in London before Christmas and really liked. You should hop on a plane to come and see, as you'd love it 😆👍)
But I think the "unfinished business" trope says something, not about the departed, but the living. Everyone who's lost someone can think of things that they wished they'd said, or asked, or got a chance to do. I feel that we project all this onto ghosts, and that's arguably the point of this and similar stories.
I very much want to see a play in London again, and soon! Fingers crossed I can make this happen in 2022.
I completely agree. For the living, or the ones 'left behind', it's easy to project regrets or other emotions onto a given situation. We like a neat and tidy (and often happy) ending to our stories. Even scary ones (especially scary ones?). The 'unfinished business' angle certainly helps to give at least a little closure.
I suppose that ghosts have to have a reason to haunt, which presumably gives them the requisite oomph to return. This gets around the problem that hospitals should otherwise be crammed full of them, as they won't necessarily be if there has to be a specific purpose for the hauntings.
(Btw, this argument was in the ghostly play 2:22, which I saw in London before Christmas and really liked. You should hop on a plane to come and see, as you'd love it 😆👍)
But I think the "unfinished business" trope says something, not about the departed, but the living. Everyone who's lost someone can think of things that they wished they'd said, or asked, or got a chance to do. I feel that we project all this onto ghosts, and that's arguably the point of this and similar stories.
I very much want to see a play in London again, and soon! Fingers crossed I can make this happen in 2022.
I completely agree. For the living, or the ones 'left behind', it's easy to project regrets or other emotions onto a given situation. We like a neat and tidy (and often happy) ending to our stories. Even scary ones (especially scary ones?). The 'unfinished business' angle certainly helps to give at least a little closure.
Thanks for reading!
Fingers crossed indeed that you are able to visit 🤞😆