Suspense is the feeling when people do not know what will come next. Suspense is an idea of the unknown that is dragged on, and pushed back further and further. It leaves the mind wondering what if, while at the same time, slowly creeping into the mind's darkest fears. Suspense is important when writing gothic literature or thrillers because it enhances the fear factor within each genre of literature, making the story more interesting. Within the movie The Birds, Alfred Hitchcock uses many forms of disasters that create suspense. While in "The Raven", Edgar Allen Poe focuses mainly on the thoughts of the narrator. Poe and Hitchcock both use expectations and isolation to draw in the attention of their audience. Isolation plays a major part in
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Poe uses isolation by placing his narrator all alone in a chamber at midnight. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore. While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door. Only this, and nothing more."' (Poe ln 1-6). The way that Poe purposefully mentions that it is a midnight dreary creates a mood of fear. This creates suspense by allowing the mind to wonder as to why someone is tapping on the mans door at midnight, because nothing good happens at midnight. Also, Edgar Allen Poe does not forget to strategically name the room that the narrator is in, his chamber. The term chamber is normally used while referring to a place of torture or darkness. However, by calling the room this, …show more content…
Thought is what the mind thinks about, and something that you may not say aloud. Poe uses thought very well throughout his poem. The entire poem is about the thoughts of the narrator, and his memories of Lenore. This creates suspense, because the constant worry of the narrator makes the readers also begin to worry and wonder. Everything that the main character is feeling, the readers are also feeling. Hitchcock does not use this term very well because he makes his audience to determine what the characters are thinking. While, Poe directly tells us through the thoughts of the narrator of "The Raven". Hitchcock uses disaster so well, that it leaves his audience in shock. He can use disaster over and over again, without his audience getting bored of it. Every time there is a disaster it is expected to happen at some time, but that time is unknown. For example, when the birds attack over and over again... The audience is fully aware that it will keep happening, but have no clue at what time exactly. This creates suspense, because it leaves the audience wondering what will happen next. Poe does not use disaster the wha that Hitchcock does. This is because Hitchcock uses actual things that happen that cause a disaster. While, Poe uses previous disaster. This is not at all the way that Hitchcock uses disaster. The way that each author uses disaster, and thoughts creates suspense in completely different ways. Suspense is created
Poe uses isolation by placing his narrator all alone in a chamber at midnight. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore. While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door. Only this, and nothing more."' (Poe ln 1-6). The way that Poe purposefully mentions that it is a midnight dreary creates a mood of fear. This creates suspense by allowing the mind to wonder as to why someone is tapping on the mans door at midnight, because nothing good happens at midnight. Also, Edgar Allen Poe does not forget to strategically name the room that the narrator is in, his chamber. The term chamber is normally used while referring to a place of torture or darkness. However, by calling the room this, …show more content…
Thought is what the mind thinks about, and something that you may not say aloud. Poe uses thought very well throughout his poem. The entire poem is about the thoughts of the narrator, and his memories of Lenore. This creates suspense, because the constant worry of the narrator makes the readers also begin to worry and wonder. Everything that the main character is feeling, the readers are also feeling. Hitchcock does not use this term very well because he makes his audience to determine what the characters are thinking. While, Poe directly tells us through the thoughts of the narrator of "The Raven". Hitchcock uses disaster so well, that it leaves his audience in shock. He can use disaster over and over again, without his audience getting bored of it. Every time there is a disaster it is expected to happen at some time, but that time is unknown. For example, when the birds attack over and over again... The audience is fully aware that it will keep happening, but have no clue at what time exactly. This creates suspense, because it leaves the audience wondering what will happen next. Poe does not use disaster the wha that Hitchcock does. This is because Hitchcock uses actual things that happen that cause a disaster. While, Poe uses previous disaster. This is not at all the way that Hitchcock uses disaster. The way that each author uses disaster, and thoughts creates suspense in completely different ways. Suspense is created