Atmosphere of mystery

is walled up in Montresor’s wine cellar. The details of the injuries and insult are never disclosed to the reader, all that is known is that the narrator—Montresor—is angered to the point of homicide. Irony is the key factor in creating an atmosphere of mystery and suspense. Poe uses the setting along with the victim’s name to ultimately enhance the irony in this tale of revenge. The backdrop is one of fun and frivolity, yet the story is bound for a dark and deadly turn. While many people are having

suspense, mystery, and terror make up a Gothic novel in literature. The novel Dracula, written by Bram Stoker, was the ideal Gothic fiction in the 19th century and still is today because of its incorporation of vampires, castles, spine-chilling murders, and overpowering emotions which contribute to the Gothic atmosphere. Dracula is set in Transylvania, during the Victorian Era. The setting is extremely significant in Dracula because it contributes abundantly to the Gothic atmosphere the novel possesses

Stevenson Create a Sense of Mystery and Horror in Mr Hyde and Dr Jekyll In this essay I am going to look at Mr Hyde and Dr Jekyll, the first two chapters, and explain using quotes and information from these chapters how the writer creates a sense of mystery and horror. I will be focussing on the descriptions given about the characters and the house which plays a significant part in this story. This novel is about a highly classed doctor of science, named Dr Jekyll

request of Henrik Vanger, a CEO of an industrial Corporation, starts an investigation to solve what happened to Henrik’s grandniece, Harriet, that went missing years ago. Lisbeth Salander, a computer hacker, ended up helping Blomkvist to solve the mystery of Harriet’s disappearance.

It has gothic, romantic and mystery elements all combined in one. The book isn’t scary but suspenseful, and a little twisted due to how Dr. Moreau abnormal creations. Just picturing them alive gives you the chills. But all in all, I would definitely recommend this book to other readers. I liked that the novel wasn’t mostly scary, but was mysterious and romantic. The mysterious elements come from when Juliet, Montgomery and Dr. Moreau are trying to find the mystery killer and don’t succeed until

What makes mystery novels so exciting? Is it the thrill of what is to come? Is it the mental challenge to try to solve the unknown? Whatever it is, Agatha Christie has shaped the mystery genre for history. Christie, born on September 15, 1890, lived in the small village of Torquay. Travelling around Europe trying to find a career in singing, and later helping out with the war effort, Christie got into writing her first book from a dare. Christie’s sister, Madge, dared Christie that she could not

gothic literature is their creepy atmosphere, the carefully selected landscape as well as setting from which the author outlines or dwells on the uncanny thereby giving the impression that the events are happening out of the confines of the ordinary world (Biesen 47). Daphne du Maurier is one such author who has employed the use of gothic motifs and symbols in her literary works to bring out that spectacular or

Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of The Baskervilles affect the atmosphere of the book. I will discuss a number of areas of the novel among these how the main settings of the novel compare and contrast with each other, The history, description and pre-knowledge of the main settings, The characters reactions to their surroundings and whether this give us any clues to the mystery and the minor settings that contribute to the atmosphere. Holmes' London flat is like the essence of a Victorian gentleman's

is established as a desolated, mysterious place, cold, dark and dismal, as described when the narrator says :                'Out there in the cold water we waited every night for the coming of the fog'. This immediately creates a cold dark atmosphere and prepares the reader for what is come. Straight away McDunn and the narrator are established as two isolated people, as described when the narrator says :                 'Feeling like two birds in the grey sky, McDunn and I sent the                 

Good oppotunites and benefits are highly possible to happen due to space exploration. There are many interesting and benificial things such as finding another presence, facts about how mars became i dried freezing dessert, and solving the fianl mysteries. Finding another presence can be thrilling, dangerous or scary. Scientific America states "Our species will for the first time establish a presence on another world. Some people like the idea of another presence. Scientific America