In the Elephant Man, Anthony Hopkins, who plays Treeves, uses kindness to Merrick and emphasis, pause and confidence while talking to Bytes to add to relationships and mood, which greatly increases tension suspense making the movie significantly better and developing Treeves character by adding humanity.
The first way Anthony Hopkins adds to Treeves character is by emphasizing specific words, and pausing, while talking to Mr Bytes. While discussing Merrick’s living arrangements Anthony says “It seems Mr Merrick has suffered a pretty bad Fall… and he is my patient now.” Through emphasis and pause Treeves lets Mr Bytes and the Audience know that he knows that Merrick was beat and did not fall. This greatly increased the tension and suspense
The first way Anthony Hopkins adds to Treeves character is by emphasizing specific words, and pausing, while talking to Mr Bytes. While discussing Merrick’s living arrangements Anthony says “It seems Mr Merrick has suffered a pretty bad Fall… and he is my patient now.” Through emphasis and pause Treeves lets Mr Bytes and the Audience know that he knows that Merrick was beat and did not fall. This greatly increased the tension and suspense