How Tension and Suspense Is Built Up In The Red Room
There are many different ways in which HG Wells builds up tension and
suspense in 'The Red Room'. One way in which he does this is through
the use of language. One of the main effective uses of language in
'The Red Room' is the use of personification; "made the shadows cower
and quiver". The shadow embeds fear into the reader, as they wonder if
the shadow is alive, which creates tension as the reader wonders what
will happen next. Furthermore, the fact that the phrase makes it seem
that the shadows are scared of something, and the reader would
normally associate shadows with blackness and fear, makes the reader
feel uneasy and heightens tension. It is almost as if fear is afraid
of fear itself. The setting of the story also creates tension and
suspense; "the great red room of Lorraine Castle, in which the young
duke died". The fact that it is set in a castle is not only typical of
a gothic genre, but it builds suspense by saying; "in which the young
duke died". This makes the reader feel that death is imminent. It
heightens tension as it makes the reader feel as if the narrator will
die at the end of the story.
Dialogue is also used by the author to create tension. At first the
narrator is sceptical and doubtful about the red room and its alleged
supernatural powers; "I can assure you ... that it will take a very
tangible ghost to frighten me". His arrogant behaviour creates
uneasiness in the reader's mind as it is typical in a Gothic story for
the smug non-believer to be the first victim of the story. However, as
the story continues, we see that there is very little dialogue in the
later parts of the story. Conversely, the fact that the story is
written in the first person compensates for the lack of dialogue in
the later parts of the story. We can also see that where there is
Morte d'Arthur, a knight is injured mortally and dies. When the squire of the knight
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castle. So by the end of the story, Beowulf died and was honest and Gawain was alive, but had to
make the sets look in such a way that the audience were on edge from
also help to develop the major theme of the novel. The Duke and the King
shots in the film was the extreme close up of Bates eye when he was
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film. They know that if they go and see this genre of film that they
How does the writer create tension and suspense in The Red Room? The writer is able to create tension and suspense through various ways in the short story ‘The Red Room’. The opening sentence in the story immediately mentions the supernatural, which immediately tells us that this is a gothic story. The first sentence is dialogue, but we do not know who is speaking.
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Also, we can see that when the Duke refers to the picture of his wife,