) is an intelligent young writer in New York who believes in ghosts, famously stating that "ghosts are a metaphor for the past". The Romance : She is swept off her feet by Sir Thomas Sharpe ( Tom Hiddleston
The ghosts in Crimson Peak are not the primary antagonists. They are symptoms—fossils of emotion left behind by trauma. They are tragic, pathetic figures: the ghost of Edith’s mother warns her vaguely of "Crimson Peak"; the ghost of Lady Beatrice Sharpe wanders the halls with a metal puzzle box lodged in her face, a mute testament to her murder. These spirits cannot stop the villainy. They have no agency. They can only point, wail, and decay. Unlike malevolent specters, these ghosts are desperate messengers trying to prevent history from repeating. Crimson Peak -2015-