Love and Life are unable to recognize that their Joy could not remain the same over time and that it was inevitable that it would change. Experiences and hardships alter an individual and their personality, and this is what had happened to Joy as well. This change had been seen to be negative by Love and Life since they had not expected Joy to change and become Sympathy. They express love for Sympathy and cannot imagine a life in which it is not present. The assistance that they had received from Sympathy throughout their journey was the reason that they had been able to complete it. Individuals grow older and change over time, and this leads to building and developing their character. It is impossible for these changes to be avoided, as also illuminated by the wise old woman. Why are changes viewed to be a frightening occurrence when they display that they hold the capacity to greatly enhance life?

Lord Arthur Savile recognizes the unbelievable impossibility of someone being able to read and tell another individual's future. However, the idea that something so horrifying in nature as that which was described by Mr. Podgers could happen frightens him. The tragedy of the death of a distant relative, in addition to the fear expressed by Mr. Podgers in conveying this to him, is something that Savile feels to be too painful to face. Suddenly having knowledge of the future creates a sense of worry and responsibility for handling the information. It also produces an anticipation of the event's impending occurrence. Having supposed knowledge of the future is a terrifying thing for anyone to have as it emerges a great magnitude of uncertainty regarding it. Why is the future something that sparks a considerable amount of curiosity even though becoming aware of it is significantly disturbing?

The artist, Gatwick, who had created the curtains from the pattern had recognized the presence of horror and evil in it. Aversion for the pattern on curtains that had been requested by James Denton and his aunt had been expressed by the artist. The horrors and nightmares that result from having the curtains in the house are alluded to by the artist in his statement regarding the wickedness of the design. The artist's ability to distinguish the underlying evil within the design was something I found particularly interesting as the pattern had appeared to be beautiful to Miss Denton. It seems considerably surprising that two individuals could have such a large difference in views. It is also surprising that only this artist was able to see the horror contained in the design when no one else could. Why is it that only the artist was able to see the sinister aspects of the pattern? Why couldn't everyone else identify the existing evil within the pattern as well? The artist's perspective on the pattern was shown to be justified by their effect.

The girl notices a man through the window and feelings enticed by the mystery of who he is and what he is doing. She recognizes her interest in knowing more about him and the way that this desire may appear wrong as it could be seen as spying. This does not stop her from feeling intrigued about concealing the unknown about him and from increasingly wondering. I found it fascinating that she felt so compelled about finding out more about the man she had seen through the window. It makes me wonder if she would have felt so interested if there had been more going on around her. Are all mysteries intriguing to people, or are the nature of some mysteries more so than others?

The expressions shared by Anna and Raye while they are looking at each and other and speaking are described not to be presently meaningful but to later become capable of holding larger meaning. This description foreshadows that the relationship between Anna and Raye will be altered from this acquaintance into each of these powerful feelings that will bring them both closer together and farther apart as this story progresses. The described "unmistakable expression" is the initial kindling of love and attachment that afterwards evolves into something much more like the love that takes place in romantic relationships. This love is filled with strongly positive and negative feelings. I found these phrases to be very surprising, dramatic, and yet immensely intriguing in their way of hinting at the formation of profoundly passionate feelings between Anna and Raye. A bold statement is made on the way that love can emerge from simple interactions, even though the idea that it is bringing about love remains unnoticed. How is a meaningless expression capable of having the impact of transforming into intensely emotional feelings?

The signalman questions the narrator's choice of words and desires to know what had provoked him to use those specifically. The narrator, however, does not regard them to require further thought and to merely be the words he may have used then.Those exact words haunt the signalman as they had been stated by the spectre as well, which is explained later in the story. The appearance of the spectre is illustrated to represent an impending dangerous event. The strikingly coincidental nature of his phrasing of words being identical to the ones used by the spectre leads the signalman to wonder if these words had been communicated to him by supernatural means. I found it interesting that the supernatural had been referred to as an explanation for this coincidence since the supernatural is often the reasoning used when something cannot be easily understood. Are coincidences believed to be the result of a supernatural power? Or is this kind of coincidence viewed to be too impossible in its occurrence to have a cause other than the supernatural?

One individual, Babette Müller, is stated to have caused an enormous amount of pain and misery in Anna Scherer's life. Rivalry had arose between them as a result of competitive views on the basis of physical appearance and the presence of relationships in their lives. Müller appears to feel threatened that another person could be subject to admiration and divert this attention from her. Müller also desires to have the same amount of relationships in her life that are present in Scherer's life. This form of antagonism also continues to exist in modern-day society in various ways. Müller had also previously expressed distrust of Scherer following her sudden reappearance, which is a component of this suffering and may have escalated it further. The idea that this antagonism had become powerful enough to lead to all of the suffering that she had experienced is shocking in its intensity. How can one person be the reason for the occurrence of every faced hardship in someone else's life and how is this person able to obtain the magnitude of power required to do so?

The Pre-Raphaelite literature demonstrated the senses experienced by individuals by providing illustrations within books. This inclusion of art allowed for the formation of a connection between the reader and art. Art and literature was brought together in these books by using these many senses.