How Do The Writers Create Suspense In

The Sort Stories Essay, Research Paper

How do the Writers Create Suspense in the Short Stories................ Many writers use suspense in their work in order to

excite the reader more, to make him or her want to turn over to the next page.

This is can be done by giving the reader some information, but not enough for

him or her to be able to answer the mystery or riddle that they may be trying

to solve. This can also be done by suggesting things to the reader but never

actually confirming or denying them. This means that the reader is constantly

asking questions in his or her head. In this essay I will look at how the two

writers Wells and Conan Doyle use suspense in the short stories .The Stolen

Bacillus. and .The Adventure of the Speckled Band. respectively. ............... ............... The first thing we come across when we decide to read

any story is its title. The title is probably the most crucial element of the

story; it needs to interest potential readers and must also have some relevance

to the story that it precedes. .The Stolen Bacillus. gives you a vital piece of

information, at some point in the story we expect a bacillus to be stolen.

However suspense is already being created in the mind of a questioning reader

as he or she does do not know who the thief will be, where, when, how or even

why it is going to be stolen. .The Adventure of the Speckled Band. is less

definite about what will occur in its story. We see the word adventure and that

brings to mind excitement and intrigue, it makes the reader think, what kind of

adventure. Then the rest of the title, the Speckled Band, looking at this the

first thing that comes to mind is a bracelet of some sort. However we do not

know what it is and want to, because in the end it will be the crucial part in

solving the mystery. This is an excellent way to create suspense because it is

such a key part to the story. ............... Each story has its own villain. In .The Stolen

Bacillus. the first description we have of the villain describes him as a. .pale faced man.. Other examples which add

to our overall picture of him as your typical sort of villain are, .limp white

hand., .lank black hair…deep grey eyes…haggard expression and nervous

manner.. He says. .those mere atomies,

might multiply and devastate a city! Wonderful!. The fact that this pale-faced man

takes so much pleasure in the thought of the destruction of a whole city adds

greatly to our suspicions of him. He says .Are these alive. Are they dangerous

now.. The immediate thought that comes into the reader.s head is that he wants

to know because he wants to destroy a city. On the other hand Wells does not

tell us that this man is definitely going to be the thief. We read .It was

perhaps natural, with a hearer evidently so impressionable, to take the most

effective aspect of the matter.. This tells us that when such things come into

discussion it would be natural for anyone to want to know the potential of them

and would be fascinated by them. Therefore we are led to doubt our suspicions

that this man may not be the one to steal the bacillus, therefore creating more

suspense.. When we find out that the

pale-faced man is an anarchist, things suddenly become more serious. This

creates much more suspense, as we now know that this man is willing to die for

his cause, to be a martyr. In this case it seems very likely that the whole of

London could be destroyed. .In .The Adventure of the Speckled Band. the

villain is a very different sort of character. Dr. Roylott appears to us for

the first time in Holmes. doorway. .So tall was he that the top of his hat

actually brushed the cross bar of the doorway, and his breadth seemed to span

across it from side to side.. He is described as having .A large face, seared

with a thousand wrinkles, burned yellow from the sun, and marked with every

evil passion. he is also said to have .deep, bile shot eyes. and a .high, thin

fleshless nose. which resembled .a fierce old bird of prey.. From this and an

earlier description of him by his stepdaughter, from which we learn that he has

killed two people already we realise that he has particularly violent

tendencies. Suspense is created by the description of Roylott as such a

dangerous character, and because of this we fear for the safety of Holmes,

Watson and Miss Hudson. Our picture of Roylott as a dangerous and violent man

is reinforced when he bends the poker with his bare hands and then hurls it

into the fireplace .snarling. at Holmes before leaving. What should be noted is

that here the same thing occurs as with the villain of the .The Stolen

Bacillus.. Conan Doyle never actually tells us that Dr. Roylott is evil however

menacing and dangerous he may appear. ............... ............... Suspense is created in both stories by delaying the

scene in which the action takes place. In .The Stolen Bacillu

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