What is it that after all these years that can keep a reader glued to a novel? What is it that keeps the pages of a novel flipping? What is it that can make an hour seem like ten minutes? The answer is suspense: each novel of this genre constantly repeats the same steps over and over, yet each ...

Suspense is a main element in many films. Whether it's in a Heist film or Romance film suspense is often central to the plot and development. After all, suspense is a bit like uneasy uncertainty and indecision but it can also be character driven like Memento and also object driven like in Jaws....

In this essay I am going to explore the way that Shakespeare has written the play 'Hamlet' and also the devices he uses to create suspense. I will also try and analyse the dramatic impact the linguistic style and the devices have on an audience watching or reading the play. Throughou...

Shakespeare\'s Methods of Suspense In Julius Caesar Shakespeare used many techniques to build suspense in Julius Caesar, but the two events that moved the story the most, the siloqueys by Brutus and the other conspirators and Caesar\'s wife\'s dream, created the suspense up until Caesar\'s assassina...

In Act 1 Scene 1, Shakespeare attempts to immediately capture the interest and anticipation of his audience. He does this in a number of ways that ensure the audience knows there is something wrong. Right from the very first line there is a feeling of uncertainty as Barnardo inquires &q...

Alfred Hitchcock's name is synonymous with suspense. He has produced many films and short television serials that go down in history as the bench mark for directors since his time that have used him as an example. To many he is the master of suspense, no one before or after him has been able to weav...

The Silence of the Lambs took the Academy Awards by storm in 1992, winning all five major categories, direction, screenplay, acting and Best Motion Picture; beating the odds in more ways than one. Dark psychological thrillers rarely win Best Picture (the last occasion was back in 1940, Hitchcock&ap...

The pace of "The Possibility of Evil" creates a suspense that holds the readers attention. Shirley ackson does this by using certain techniques such as foreshadowing. She also creates suspense by Miss Strangeworths thoughts instead of words. One more reason that creates suspense is how Miss Strange...

Interrupted Event in The Castle of Otranto Horace Walpole creates a gothic tale filled with fascinating events and a wonderful plot. Within the story a new crisis or event often arises before the current one is resolved and this effect creates so much suspense. These events and crisis that arise s...

NEW YORK CITY New York is probably one of the most interesting cities in the world. It has something to offer to everybody. If you are looking for culture you make the right choice visiting one of the hundreds great museums in the city. If you want night-life: you are probably right in one o...

Modern technology is advancing faster than we care to think. Our engineering marvels of the past are quickly becoming obsolete. Many bridges are built using classic designs which can be greatly improved with new technology. Modern technology allows bridges to be built from state of the art materials...

"Teleological Suspension of the Ethical" Abraham is a man of faith. He is a crucial and central figure in three of the major religions, Islam, Judaism and Christianity. From Abraham arises the issue of whether or not it is possible to have a "teleological suspension of the ethical." In the biblic...

The passage I chose was Beowulf's fight with Grendal's mother, which to me was the most exciting. During this underwater fight, the second of his three fights, Beowulf and his adversary continually battle throughout her home. Although the conflict seems unrealistic because of the location...

Bram Stoker's Dracula The setting of the story begins in 19th century Europe, in the eerie country of Transylvania. The story begins with a solicitor from England named Jonathan Harker is sent by a business man to meet with an old Count named Dracula at his castle located far from civil...

The Lottery "The Lottery" is Shirley Jackson's dark and compelling short story about an annual ritual that takes place in what is ostensibly a typical small town in New England. It begins innocently enough on a "...clear and sunny...full-summer day...", but quickly take...

The setting of the story begins in 19th century Europe, in the eerie country of Transylvania. A solicitor from England named Jonathan Harker is sent by a businessman to meet with an old Count named Dracula at his castle located far from civilization. Residents of Transylvania who become aware ...

A bridge is a structure designed to provide continuous passage over something. Bridges usually carry trains, cars, water, or power lines. There are about eight kinds of bridges, beam, cantilever, arch, truss, suspension, cable-stayed, movable, and floating bridges. Beam bridges are the mos...

Literary analysis of "Killings" by Andre Dubus "Killings" is an excerpt from a story called Finding a Girl in America. "Killings" is a story that involves elements such as sex, murder, and revenge. The title of the story, the way in which the characters are deve...

Truman Capote, in his work In Cold Blood, used a conventional form of language to capture the reader in suspense. There were, in fact, styles of writing that he purposely neglected to use. He deviated from the norm to create an effect that would allow the reader to interpret different views from t...

Ghost stories are a unique and enjoyable type of literature in which a reader creates a feeling of suspense. The reason for this being is that the writer chooses to end the story without a resolution. By doing this, it makes a reader look into their imagination and make their resolution. Two ghost s...

In the first scene of the first act, Shakespeare creates an atmosphere of mystery via the setting, the suspenseful way he starts off the scene, and the questions he raises surrounding the ghost. The setting of the very first scene of the play exudes an air of suspense. It takes place ...

The characters in this part, "Hunting might not always turn out the way you want it to be". This is a short story called "The Most Dangerous Game", written by Richard Connell. Is about two hunters who were enemies becomes friends at the end. The short story, "The Most Dange...

Lois Duncan is the author of over 40 books, ranging from children\'s picture books to adult novels, but she is best known for her young adult suspense novels such as \"Killing Mr. Griffin.\" Many of these have been chosen as ALA \"Best Books for Young Adults\" and Jr. Library Guild Selections, and t...

A good book requires enough intrigue and suspense to grab a reader's attention and hold it, stringing it along from chapter to chapter. Avi's The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is such a book. I found it to be both intriguing and suspenseful. The main character, Charlotte Doyle, is a thirtee...

The movie North by Northwest is a very traditional action suspense movie. It is filled with murder, mystery and edge of your seat thrill. The film poseses a certain "I've been framed" feel to it. The costumes of the movie are civilized. Nothing really special about them but they wo...