How the Authors Create a Feeling of Fear and Terror in The Ostler, The

How the Authors Create a Feeling of Fear and threat in The Ostler, The passing Room and The Superstitious Mans Story In differentiate to answer this question I read the relevant stories, i.e. The Ostler by Wilkie Collins, The Red Room by H.G. Wells and The Superstitious Mans Story by Thomas Hardy in great detail. I will now attempt to compare the methods the authors grow utilised to create the impact menti mavind above. In order to see which one has been more effective in conveying fear and terror, suspense and the extraordinary, in my opinion. Furthermore, I will endeavour to point out the similarities and differences in tense, style and prose between the stories, using quotations where appropriate. Moreover, I will discuss the roles the various characters play. These mint are important, as the contributor needs to identify to some bound with the narrator and his description and interpretation of his human props as well as the conniption they are p laced in. The opening to any story is crucial, since the reader whitethorn non decide to continue with his intention to read all if he/she is not sufficiently interested in the first few sentences. In The Superstitious Mans Story the reader is struck immediately by an air of mystery, and somehow feels privy to a secret. This is a story steeped in hearsay. The narrator (the seedmans father) painstakingly talks us through every minute detail putting away the irons and things, and preparing the carry over for his breakfast in the morning. By placing so much emphasis on mundane issues the impact of the extraordinary is in stark contrast. It is almost as if the reader is lulled into a sense of security, ... ...e unknown is intriguing to many. Even though the three stories have a different approach they all nubble of the supernatural. They are all written pre-1914 - well before the advent of technology, which has accelerate at an alarming rate. Nowadays, ou r culture revolves around technology and people control proof. It is essential for an author to set the scene, draw the reader in and when that is complete deliver the punch line. All of the authors succeed in doing this. The Superstitious Mans Story is overly stark, and puts the reader on guard as to its content. I prefer the gradual style of the another(prenominal) two stories. In The Red Room and The Ostler the settings and the characters enhance the plot immensely. The characters are not developed enough in The Superstitious Mans Story, and the setting is rather boring.