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How is a sense of mystery and suspense created in three ninteenth cetury mystery stories?
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I have chosen "The Judges House" as my main story for the essay. I will analyze this story and select four key features within the story with an explanation. And back up two of these features with my other two chosen stories; "The Red Room" and "The Signalman". The Judges House creates a sense of mystery and suspense by using foreshadowing throughout the story. 'The very rope which the hangman used for all the victims of the Judge's judicial rancour! ' Here Dr. Thornhill is revealing to Malcomson that the rope which hangs from the bell above the Judge's house is the very same rope that he used to execute his condemned victims. This can suggest the reader what's going to happen later on in the story, therefore foreshadowing. This method is very useful to create a sense of suspense within the story. It makes the reader wonder and think about...
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