The Raven And The Body Snatcher Essay

Mr. King “The Body Snatcher” Sucks
Hi, Mr. King,
“The Raven” is an excellent model of horror, whereas The Body Snatcher is not because of suspense build up, fear of the unknown and events are in order. “The Raven” is more suspenseful than “The Body Snatcher.” This is evident through the use of a flashback in “The Raven.” Poe writes “Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak of December. ” (Poe Line 7). By comparison in “The Body Snatcher” the only place it feels suspenseful is when the author writes, “It’s impossible that she can be dead, it’s impossible you should have got this body fairly.”(Stevenson Line 259) Poe keeps adding suspense throughout, In “The Raven”, while it only appears in Stevenson's tale once and the rest of the story
An example is “There was, at that period, a certain extramural teacher of anatomy, whom I shall here designate by the letter K”(Stevenson Line 172) it takes too long to
This makes readers feel like going to sleep. When Poe says “here I opened the door;- Darkness there nothing more.”(Poe Line 15) The reader feels a sense of fear of the unknown; who or what was making the noise? This way many inferences and questions are created. Many events are jumbled in “The Body Snatcher.” In “The Raven” Poe uses limited exposition to not lose the reader as “The Body Snatcher” lost me. Poe writes about the visitor at his door he keeps going and eventually writes “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before” (Poe Line 23). Stevenson goes from “‘that’s his name, Dr. Wolfe Macfarlane.’ Fettes became instantly sober; his eyes awoke, his voice became clear, loud and steady” (Stevenson Line 38) to explaining everything about a man that is named Mr. K who should not need this much extensive backstory. This confused me and could do the same to other readers as well. “The Raven” should be a model for horror, and “The Body Snatcher”