Comparison Of Suspense Plays 'Sorry, Wrong Number'

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Suspense plays “Sorry, Wrong Number” by Lucille Fletcher and “Sorry, Right Number” by Stephen King are both suspense plays. These stories are screenplays, they seem connected or similar in many ways but they are different in many ways. I liked Sorry, Right Number more because it was more mysterious and it grabbed my attention more. “Sorry, Wrong Number” is about murder and most of the suspense is on the phone. “Sorry, Right Number” is a mistaken phone call that was committed by her own self.
There are lot of similarities in “Sorry, Wrong Number” and “Sorry, Right Number” They are both suspenseful plays. The suspenseful item in these breathtaking stories is a telephone. Who would have know a telephone could be suspenseful! There is a very …show more content…

Katie tries calling her daughter Polly to see if it was her but polly is perfectly fine at college. “Pol? Honey? Are you alright?”pg.796. She then tries to call her mother to see if it was her, Katie knows that whoever called is apart of her family. Katie hangs up and calls her sister Dawn but she doesn't pick up. Katie's husband Bill drives her out to Dawn’s to see if she is okay, She turns out to be sleeping on the couch with the music blaring. That night Bill dies of a heart attack while watching a movie based on his book. Five years later Katie remarries, she’s down stairs and bill’s movie comes on. She falls and turns off the television, she hears the phone buzzing then realized something. The women she heard over the phone five years ago was herself saying take Bill to the hospital “Take...please take...t-t-” P.807.
There’s many differences and similarities in “Sorry, Wrong Number” and “Sorry, Right Number”. These two stories are both suspenseful and mysterious. The two plays are original but they are attention grabbers. I think that it’s interesting that “Sorry, Right Number” is about a mysterious phone from yourself but “Sorry, Wrong Number” is about hearing your own murder plan over the phone. These two stories are both great and

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