Short stories usually have to start well to attract a reader's attention and keep it throughout. The best way to do this is to begin with an enticing level of tension and keep building up throughout the story. Wells uses literary techniques such as short clauses and good word choice to build up...

One of the finest sytlist of modern English literature was Joseph Conrad, was a Polish-born English novelist, short story writer, essayist, dramatist, and autobiographer. Conrad was born in 1857 in a Russian-ruled Province of Poland. According to Jocelyn Baines, a literary critic, "Conrad was...

The Mask of the Red Death; an analysis The outlandish characters, vivid imagery, and dramatic symbolism provide an exemplary backdrop for this tale of betrayal, redemption, and irony. The characters in "The Mask of the Red Death" include Prince Prospero (who is the only person that sp...