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Tension and Suspense in The Adventure of the Speckled Band The Stolen Bacillus and Napoleon and the Spectre All the above mentioned narratives contain suspense and tension throughout and they all belong to the "short story" genre. This is significant as in short stories the form doesn't allow the opportunity to write long descriptions or to create a strong relationship between the reader and the characters, so instead he or she needs to pack the tale with almost immediate tension to grip the reader from the outset. I also think the time in which all the stories were written is significant, as each of the different stories includes a contemporary fear that would definately have provoked tension and suspense from a reader in a Victorian society. In Victorian England the country and society was beginning to be transformed due to the Industrial Revolution. There was still an obvious hierarchical class and patriarchal structure. Women, for example, were still treated as inferior. In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," and "The Stolen Bacillus" this is evident as the women in those stories are presented as either the damsels in distress (the Stoner twins,) or the silly interfering wife (Minie the Bacteriologist's wife.) In Victorian times short stories also became popular and were published regularly in magazines and newspapers. Most of the them, like the three I am discussing in this essay; were thrilling due to the recent fascination people had which was scaring themselves senseless for entertainment. In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," (A.O.T.S.B) "The Stolen Bacillus," (T.S.B) and "Napoleon and the Spectre" (N.A.T.S) the ... ... middle of paper ... ...s up tension. Then, for a massively long build up, the end (although dramatic) seems quite short and fact. Bronte, in N.A.T.S however does something quite different. This is because she does not have a slow beginning, to create tension she simply shocks and surprises from the start with the Spectre appearing in the third paragraph. I don't think this works as well as the other two short stories as there is no slow introduction to the world of the story so the reader has less time to really get involved. In conclusion I think that all the stories and authors use different and similar techniques of building tension and creating suspense. They are all typical to the mystery genre and the time they were written and are all successful however I feel the story with the most tension and suspense in it is A.O.T.S.B by Doyle.
Jünger’s opening chapter recalls the enthusiastic first thoughts on entering the war, upon arrival in Champagne, “Grown up in an age of security, we shared a yearning for danger, for the experience of the extraordinary. We were enraptured by war .” Though the illusion was soon dispelled, throughout the novel Jünger did not seem to be phased by the reality of his mission. When Jünger described reaching Orainville, he wrote, “We saw only a few, ragged, shy civilians; everywhere eels soldiers in worn tattered tunics, with faces weather-beaten and often with a heavy growth of beard, strolling along at a slow pace, or standing in little clusters in doorways, watching our arrival with ribald remarks .” This is Jünger’s first of a pattern of acc...
Set in France in 1904, the stage is a French bar called the “Lapin Agile”, with the action of the plot involving the characters who come into the bar and their relationship to time as well as each other. The script is an abstract look at the chance meeting of historical
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How Does Arthur Conan Doyle Create Tension And Suspense In The Speckled Band The Speckled Band is just one of the murder mystery stories featuring the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. Holmes was not any ordinary detective, he was a detective who was famous for solving murders. In this case Holmes is trying to solve the mystery of the 'Speckled Band'. Some examples of tension building techniques are dramatic events and in some instances the inclusion of red herrings. Bad weather and night time are also used as a means of building up atmosphere and tension.
use as a study of "The massacre of the Champs de Mars". However, as a
In this world, and in the world of Ayn Rand’s imagination, there are two kinds of people: those who live to create, and those who wish to live as parasites feeding off the benefits of those creations. In Atlas Shrugged, she explores what might happen when the creators of the world stop creating; the parasites are left to try to live on their own. The novels that Miss Rand writes always reflect this sort of thing. She writes of the battle between the two types of people as some write of the battles between good and evil. In reality, each side of the battle can be equated in such terms. These writings provide a detailed analysis of the two forces, and leave the reader with a profound sense of vitality and inspiration.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” is much more than another
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