Edgar Allan Poe is very famous for his creepy and frightening stories. He has wrote many good stories, all unique in their own way. A few of his commonly known stories include, The Raven, The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Black Cat. Each of these stories have that weird and creepy mood. Although, how does he do it? He has three major components I’ve noticed that impact how the mystery and suspense are developed. I believe that setting, character development, and narrator are the keys to how the mystery and suspense comes about.
The setting is very important, in Poe’s four stories being compared, they are all mysterious places. The setting of each are mainly in houses, just different parts of the houses, such as, a chamber, …show more content…
Well, In the beginning you may think differently about the character opposed to when you finish reading. In the story, The Tell-Tale Heart the main character seems somewhat angry about something which, is quite normal, but as the story progresses you start to see a different side of the man, “Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees --very gradually --I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever,” (Poe, The Gold-Bug And Other Stories). Now it is easier see how this affects the way Poe created mystery and suspense. Most likely, you are now wondering well, what is going to happen? How does he kill him? Will he really do it? Continuing along the story more mysterious and suspenseful events occur. “With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once --once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done,” (Poe, The Gold-Bug And Other Stories). This man has now gone from being angry to crazy and now, he’s insane.He killed a man, because of his eye. This was the mystery and suspense Poe created. He also made the mood of the story escalate very fast. This is why the character development is very important to the creation of a story like …show more content…
The way the story is told affects the way a person visualizes the story. If you put a creepy narrator into a story that is supposed to be a happy story for example, the narrator of the the Winnie the Pooh book then you’ll probably think that there is a serious problem with the story. Although Poe’s stories have the perfect narrators for his stories. The four narrators are very good at creating creppiness and mystery. A good of example of this is in The Raven, “Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door,” (Poe, The Raven). The man is panicking at this bird who he thinks is talking to him, but the man is imagining everything that is happening to him. If he was sane, he would most likely address the situation differently, perchance he might have tried to make the bird go away, and talked about the pesky bird. Rather than saying the bird had put his beak through his heart. The narrator has a huge affect on creating the suspense and
The setting is very important, in Poe’s four stories being compared, they are all mysterious places. The setting of each are mainly in houses, just different parts of the houses, such as, a chamber, …show more content…
Well, In the beginning you may think differently about the character opposed to when you finish reading. In the story, The Tell-Tale Heart the main character seems somewhat angry about something which, is quite normal, but as the story progresses you start to see a different side of the man, “Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees --very gradually --I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever,” (Poe, The Gold-Bug And Other Stories). Now it is easier see how this affects the way Poe created mystery and suspense. Most likely, you are now wondering well, what is going to happen? How does he kill him? Will he really do it? Continuing along the story more mysterious and suspenseful events occur. “With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once --once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done,” (Poe, The Gold-Bug And Other Stories). This man has now gone from being angry to crazy and now, he’s insane.He killed a man, because of his eye. This was the mystery and suspense Poe created. He also made the mood of the story escalate very fast. This is why the character development is very important to the creation of a story like …show more content…
The way the story is told affects the way a person visualizes the story. If you put a creepy narrator into a story that is supposed to be a happy story for example, the narrator of the the Winnie the Pooh book then you’ll probably think that there is a serious problem with the story. Although Poe’s stories have the perfect narrators for his stories. The four narrators are very good at creating creppiness and mystery. A good of example of this is in The Raven, “Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door,” (Poe, The Raven). The man is panicking at this bird who he thinks is talking to him, but the man is imagining everything that is happening to him. If he was sane, he would most likely address the situation differently, perchance he might have tried to make the bird go away, and talked about the pesky bird. Rather than saying the bird had put his beak through his heart. The narrator has a huge affect on creating the suspense and