HOW ARE TENSION AND SUSPENSE BUILT UP AND MAINTAINED IN AT LEAST TWO :: English Literature

HOW ARE TENSION AND SUSPENSE BUILT UP AND hold IN AT LEAST TWOGOTHIC HORROR STORIES?The original use of the term Gothic Horror was applied to a group ofnovels, including Mary Shelleys Frankenstein, indite before 1914. These novels usually included some or all of the followingcharacteristics, which seem demonstrative of the original use of theterm Gothic An emphasis on word-painting the terrifying, a commoninsistence on archaic settings, a prominent use of the supernatural,the presence of highly stereotyped characters, barbarism as opposed toelegance, and the endeavor to set up and perfect techniques of literarysuspense. Bram Stokers Dracula would be another example as thenovel includes most of the characteristics above. The setting would generally have a sensation of eeriness and darkness and at that place is usually a lack of an escape route. This can hold back a characterexperience a dramatic dismissal of self-control and overwhelming emotions. A sense of helplessness or vul nerability heightens the dramaticclimaxes of these stories. As well as vulnerable characters appearingin these stories there would also be a rational, scientificallythinking character. He, or she, would represent the newly literatemiddle class and would have lent credibility to the tale.The diddles Paw is an example of a pre 1914 Gothic Horror story. Itis some a man who receives a paw which can allow people to make awish but can also cause evil things to happen. Mr White wished for twohundred pounds, which he was given, but as compensation for the cooccurring death of his son. Mrs White came up with the idea to wishfor their son to fall out back. Mr White, knowing that his son would bemutilated after being buried for ball club days, wished for everything tobe back to normal after they received a strange knock on their door inthe early hours of the morning.The Red Room is about a protagonist who visits Lorraine Castle, ina deserted place, to see whether the stories of a haunted live weretrue. After a long walk through and through the castle he gets to the room. On hisway there he encounters ordinary objects which look menacing due tothe contrast of the moonlight. Once in the red room strange thingsstarted happening. What made the room feel haunted was fear.In the Victorian era, pre 1914, people were very rational. People inthe 19th Century had just come out of the Industrial Revolution, theywere more educated than before and by then they had became lesssuperstitious of the myths about earls, countesses or the timidwife, mockingly alluded to in The Red Room.