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How Effectively The Writers Of Three Gothic Horror Stories Create Suspense
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How Effectively The Writers Create Suspense In Three Gothic Horror Stories This essay will look at the way that five different themes create suspense in three gothic fiction stories, from the late 19th century and early 20th century. These are "The Monkey's Paw" written by W.W. Jacobs, "The Red Room" written by H.G. Wells and "The Signal Man" written by Charles Dickens. The first theme is darkness. In the three stories of darkness appears in the two main aspects; the use of candles and the use of night. Candles are used to create suspense in two of the three stories. In "The Monkey's Paw" candles are used near the end of the story when Mr White wishes his son alive again, "the china candlestick, was throwing pulsating ... larger than the rest." This uses the pulsating shadows and flickers of the candles to create suspense by making the reader wonder if there...
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