There are many differences and similarities between reading a book and watching a play. The many differences include sensory, emotion ,and suspense. They may be minute changes or big differences. Of the differences suspense is one of the biggest. In books it can take hours to build up suspense and the author can use great depth and detail to explain a situation. While in a play they have a limited amount of time to build suspense and give detail. In the story “The Tell Tale Heart” the author added suspense by having the main character slowly open the door and slowly put his head in and stand for hours watching the old man. In the play the composer did not have time to wait for hours so there was minimal time for them to build suspense. Another
