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Consider the ways in which Ray Bradbury and Wilkie Collins create and use fear, suspense and tension in The Whole Town's Sleeping and A Terribly Strange Bed.
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Wider reading Consider the ways in which Ray Bradbury and Wilkie Collins create and use fear, suspense and tension in The Whole Town's Sleeping and A Terribly Strange Bed. Ray Bradbury and Wilkie Collins both wrote thrillers. Both writers use similar techniques, though writing in two different eras. Both stories are influenced by the social and historical contexts in which they are written. Gambling was very popular in the 19th century so Wilkie Collins decided to reflect on this topic in A Terribly Strange Bed. Whereas, written in the 20th century A Whole Town's Sleeping has an independent woman as a main character, equal opportunities for women was a strong issue in the 20th century. The different centuries in which these stories are written contribute to the historical and cultural influences. In this paper I'm going to examine the ways in which Bradbury and Collins contribute and create fear, suspense...
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