Pair Essay
Edgar Allan Poe, an American author of the 19th
century, is considered to be one
of the founders of modern psychological thrillers. He wrote many horror stories and is
best known for his mystery and gruesome tales. Poe came up with a new genre...
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Pair Essay
Edgar Allan Poe, an American author of the 19th
century, is considered to be one
of the founders of modern psychological thrillers. He wrote many horror stories and is
best known for his mystery and gruesome tales. Poe came up with a new genre that some
would consider weird, grotesque, and even gross. Some elements that the author uses in
his famous texts are murder, death, madness, melancholy and torture. Poe often creates an
atmosphere of suspense in his work. In ‘‘The Tell-Tale Heart’’, the writer uses repetition
and the first-person narrative to set the mood.
(Simon-Alexandre Girard)
On the one hand, the author establishes an atmosphere of suspense by using
repetition. For example, when the narrator is describing how he would watch the old man
at night, he states that he moves his head “very, very slowly, so that [he] might not disturb
the old man’s sleep” (p.20 paragraph 3). By using the word “very” twice, the readers can
imagine themselves in the dark, trying to make a
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