The Signalman, by Charles Dickens; The Battler by Ernest Hemingway

One feature that created suspense in the story was time. In the “Tell-Tale Heart”, time often seemed to speed up or slow down. One example of time movely slowly in the passage is: “I moved slowly-- very, very slowly, so I might not disturb the old man’s sleep”. You almost sense the deliberate movements of narrator. In contrast, the phrase: “The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence”, shows that time is advancing quickly; you could almost see the moon vanishing and the narrator’s quick movements. These “time warps” adds suspense, anticipation, and a growing sense of horror to the story and encourages the reader to continue reading.

Ernest Hemingway wrote this book after his experiences as an ambulance driver in World War I. As a result, his writing style has a lot of realism. When describing the feel and atmosphere of the war, Hemingway is able to accurately depict it since he was there. His organization in the dialogue between characters allowed the readers to easily flow with the conversation with no confusion. His writing style is extremely informal. His sentence structure for the most part is simple and concise, getting straight to the point. Writing in this way permits the readers to smoothly understand the drive of the story. The only time his sentences became long and complex is when the narrator was overthinking situations or rambling. Even though the

The first way the author creates suspense in the story is by foreshadowing. When Captain Torres walked into the barber’s shop, the barber, “Started to shake,” (Tellez 1) indicating that the barber felt instant fear, when his enemy approached. This foreshadows that the barber knows the man and that he will be deciding to kill him or not. Foreshadowing creates suspense because it is a clue given to the reader. It is the reader’s job to guess what is going to happen in the story and that is what makes it interesting. Without foreshadowing the reader won’t be able to prepare what is going to happen next. Another scene where the foreshadowing technique is used was when the barber came up with his reasons to not kill Captain Torres. The barber contemplated in his mind, “Don’t want to stain myself with blood. Just lather, and nothing else,” (Tellez 2) which foreshadows that the barber is not going to commit murder.

Between the three stories, “The Dogs Could Teach Me,” “The Flowers,” and “The Sniper.” “The Sniper” demonstrates the best suspenseful text between the three stories. To create a suspenseful story, “The Sniper” develops multiple moments of suspense. For instance one illustration of suspense in “The Sniper” is, “He paused for a moment, considering whether he should risk a smoke. It was dangerous. The flash might be seen in the darkness, and there were enemies watching. He decided to take the risk.” This is a suspenseful moment in “The Sniper” because if the sniper risks to smoke, he will be giving away his position and could be shot at by the enemy's. Another representation of suspense is, “Pressing his lips together, he took a deep breath

“His face to contorted, turned purple. He gasped for breath then slid down off his chair, the glass falling from his hand” (Christie 74). Here the author uses imagery to describe a sudden event in the story. Since this event is so sudden it creates tension and uncertainty among the other characters, leaving them with the weight of the world on their soldiers, guessing what will happen next. This is the author's way of creating suspense, adding to the plot leaving the characters sense of insecurity and uncertainty of the future. Another way the author uses imagery to create suspense is by being very descriptive to make you wonder about characters futures. For instance “ And there was someone in the room...She had heard something-surely she had heard something… And then, as she stood there, listening-a cold, clammy hand touched her throat-a wet hand, smelling of the sea”(Christie 217). This text evidence displays detailed

To conclude this essay I believe that the tension and suspense is created in a number of ways, mostly in the language and the way the story is written. The punctuation does play a part but not as big as the language. The exaggeration on different topics is also very

In recent decades, Cormac McCarthy has staked his claim as one of the all-time titans of American literature through publishing masterpieces like Blood Meridian, Suttree, and The Road. In his works his advanced level of technical mastery becomes apparent through his expertly harmonized coordination of literary elements toward certain narrative ends, such as the generation of suspense. In this light, McCarthy’s literary style is a practical one, in that he organizes literary elements in his works toward actualizing particular goals. In The Road, for instance, McCarthy directs his style throughout the text so as to maximize the feeling of suspense that readers experience throughout the book. This kind of stylistic maneuvering is expressed on pages 105-110 and pages 118-123 of the the text. But, it must be noted here that the generation of suspense in these passages does not result from similar stylistic approaches. McCarthy uses style in differently in Passage A and Passage B but ultimately toward the same end, namely generating suspense for readers of The Road. Passage A relies on dialogue to develop its suspense, whereas the style of Passage B relies on narrative action for its suspense.

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne used the light of daytime and the darkness of night in The Scarlet Letter to get his point across to the readers. He used darkness and shadows to symbolize sin, death, hatred, fear, evilness and secrets and he used light to symbolise God, goodness, acceptance, honesty, the ability to adapt to surroundings and to survive in peace and harmony even in the harsh light of life. His use of these symbols helped the reader to gain a mental picture of the situations and the feelings that occurred in the story. The story begins in seventeenth-century Boston, which was a Puritan settlement at that time. A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and a piece of fabric with a scarlet letter '93A '94 on her breast. The day is dark and gloomy, like the situation that she is in. Hester is described coming out of the prison "like a black shadow emerging into sunshine" this shows that Hester is clothed in the darkness of her shame but still she walks into the sun under the glaring eyes of society while waiting to be punished. There is a quiet elderly onlooker in the crowd who is told that

The impossibility of knowing a situation or outcome is troubling. For example, when nervous about a situation, we studder, shake, bite our nails, just to get over the tempation. As a great temptation, we fall to its grip everyday. In Hamlet, the play is haunted by an alleged ghost of Old King Hamlet. As individuals, we mustn't let our senses and sometimes acute abilities, lead us to a misunderstanding. We read that as one man sees it, another says he does as well. The Domino Effect has “granted” them an open path. In Hamlet, the actions and words projected, produced the effect, which led to the characters concerns. At twilight, appearances can be altered when your eyes aren’t accustomed. So to the effect, it could have been just their imagination, or an animal who had a bold exterior. When approached by the ghost, they demanded he speak and attempts to assault him, but realizes he’s nothing of air, maybe an illusion. So shaken by the night's events, they rushed to prince Hamlet, telling him of the apparition. When Hamlet arrives, he’s biting for the anticipation of the 12th hour. Then Horatio in confidence, sees his appearance and warn the others. Hamlet influenced by the gossip of the guards, craves for his father's voice, questioning why “why isn’t he “canonized” bones, hearsed in death… Wherein we saw the quietly inurned(I.IV.50-53).” Tricked by the night, they see it wave to follow him and Hamlet filled with curiosity, doesn’t care of what’s being warned of him. Being unaware of the consequences and uncertainty of his proceeding steps. He feeds off the ghost statement causing confusion and shocked by his uncle

In the book, author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle uses suspense, mystery, and the unknown to describe the mood. The author talks a lot about the non-existing and not knowing to build the mood. He starts by giving background info and leading into the murder of Sir Charles. He does it by showing the characters fear, and how they react to the situation.

At the beginning of A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens writes, “every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other (14).” Throughout the novel, Dickens incorporates the theme of secrets to connect characters and add mystery to the story. The three characters with the significant secrets are Charles Darnay, Alexandre Manette, and Madame Defarge. Darnay, Manette, and Defarge are all of French blood, living in either France or England in the heat of the French Revolution. Charles Dickens chooses to write the book in 1859, more than half a century following the French Revolution, to show his beloved country of England how not to act in a time of national chaos. During A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Darnay, Alexandre Manette, and Madame Defarge keep secrets that negatively impact other characters.

he fire in Miss Havishams home was quite ironic. As she spoke of regret and yelled “what have I done!” I sensed something was going to happen to her, like a stroke or a seizure. So i was surprised, of what came next. I believe Dickens included this incident in the novel for many reasons. It made perfect sense for every detail in this incident that happened.{{ As the last sentence of your introduction, you need to address the prompt directly. This is a thesis. The thesis states your overall position on the prompt.}}

There are only two characters that really are prominent in the short story. In fact in the story, there are only about three to five characters. The important characters are the signalman and the narrator. Charles Dickens uses dialogue to make the characters more appealing and easier to understand. He has written exactly what was need to understand the story, nothing

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