Suspense Essay Sanford
Although not everyone will agree, I want to present the idea that the story that deserves the prestigious Edgar Award is, “The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow”, written by Washington Irving.
It introduced such suspense that had the ability to capture your attention. Although an appropriate runnerup would be “The Cask
Of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allen Poe himself. I felt it had some boring aspects that left me feeling unsatisfied as a result. I will prove my opinion by presenting my textual evidence piece by piece. Each paragraph will showcase a different set of 3 literary elements. I have several reasons for thinking this, my first being its use of literary elements, currently similes. The first one I noticed was this comparison, “The hour was as dismal as itself.”, I found this to be mysterious due to the fact that this was quoted while Ichabod was departing from his enemy, Bram
Bone’s party. This was previous to when he disappeared, during his walk home in the middle of the evening. He is stating that the time is unfortunate and down, also in the story it was stated that the headless horseman’s appearances occurred at dusk. This makes me suspicious and leads me to believe that an event will occur that is negative. This alone makes me curious.
Where as the opposing story dragged on it certain places. Many will argue that, “The Cask of Amontillado,” held peoples attention easily and had more improved examples of suspense. An equally important point to consider is its use of metaphors and the fact that this has a better chance of fitting peoples wants in a suspenseful genre. To begin I will provide an example of the metaphor. “His terror rose to desperation; he rained a shower of kicks and blows upon gunpowder, hoping by a sudden to give his companion the slip, but the spectre started full jump with him.”. This provides an excellent example of suspense. As you read, you start to infer that Ichabod is being chased and pursued by some
It introduced such suspense that had the ability to capture your attention. Although an appropriate runnerup would be “The Cask
Of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allen Poe himself. I felt it had some boring aspects that left me feeling unsatisfied as a result. I will prove my opinion by presenting my textual evidence piece by piece. Each paragraph will showcase a different set of 3 literary elements. I have several reasons for thinking this, my first being its use of literary elements, currently similes. The first one I noticed was this comparison, “The hour was as dismal as itself.”, I found this to be mysterious due to the fact that this was quoted while Ichabod was departing from his enemy, Bram
Bone’s party. This was previous to when he disappeared, during his walk home in the middle of the evening. He is stating that the time is unfortunate and down, also in the story it was stated that the headless horseman’s appearances occurred at dusk. This makes me suspicious and leads me to believe that an event will occur that is negative. This alone makes me curious.
Where as the opposing story dragged on it certain places. Many will argue that, “The Cask of Amontillado,” held peoples attention easily and had more improved examples of suspense. An equally important point to consider is its use of metaphors and the fact that this has a better chance of fitting peoples wants in a suspenseful genre. To begin I will provide an example of the metaphor. “His terror rose to desperation; he rained a shower of kicks and blows upon gunpowder, hoping by a sudden to give his companion the slip, but the spectre started full jump with him.”. This provides an excellent example of suspense. As you read, you start to infer that Ichabod is being chased and pursued by some