Edgar Allan Poe is considered to be one of the founders of modern psychological
thriller and short story. Poe’s works show an overall predilection to the grotesque and
macabre. In most of his stories like “The tell-Tale heart” that was published in 1843 in...
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Edgar Allan Poe is considered to be one of the founders of modern psychological
thriller and short story. Poe’s works show an overall predilection to the grotesque and
macabre. In most of his stories like “The tell-Tale heart” that was published in 1843 in the
magazine The pioneer, the author uses plenty of black elements such as murder, death,
madness, melancholy and torture. Each author has his own way to create suspense in a
story; in the short story The Tell-Tale heart, Poe creates suspense by using first person
narrative and by repeating words and phrases.
(Daillena Bernard)
In the short story The Tell-Tale heart by Edgar Allan Poe, the author creates
suspense or mood by using language and literary devises. Firstly, Poe uses lots of
repetition or repeated words. For example, "I moved it slowly- very, very slowly." Poe
does this because he wants the reader to imagine how slowly and carefully he thrust his
head in, so the man would not wake up. Also, he keeps repeating this because
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