Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
How does ‘The Woman in Black’ create feelings of suspense and shock in its audience
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Thu Nov 24 2005
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
How does 'The Woman in Black' create feelings of suspense and shock in its audience? The Woman in Black uses many techniques to hold suspense and to shock the audience. These include using the effects of sounds, light, actions and the characteristics of the play. However there're seven examples that stand out. For example when Arthur was in Eel Marsh and started to talk about the house, everyone became silent in the setting; this would show how many of them knew of the house. This makes the audience wonder why it is so well known but no one is willing to tell him why; which would give the audience the first hint of a horrible thing happening or have happened. When the woman in black first appeared, it would start to enforce the fact that there is something horrible there. The scene was set during the burial of Jennett Humphrey;...
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 151,784 others
