Tension in The Red Room, The Cone and The Superstitious...

Tension in The Red Room, The Cone and The Superstitious Mans Story The Red Room, The Cone and The Superstitious Mans Story are all short stories which were written before 1914. The Red Room and The Cone were both written by H.G. Wells and The Superstitious Mans Story was written by Thomas Hardy. All three of these stories were written in Victorian Times (1837-1901). These were years of great scientific and technological developments. The authors of the three stories show us a diminishing belief in superstition and supernatural. The authors of The Red Room and The Superstitious Mans Story have written the stories in the style of a gothic one, although they don’t end up being supernatural. However, The Cone†¦show more content†¦However, people reveal that they saw this mans ghost got to church on Midsummers Eve. The opening itself creates tension as it puts the reader into the place of the character. All three stories start of with dialogue which raises the question to us, the reader, of what has just gone on and what is going to happen next. This makes us read on. In The Red Room it begins with the narrator saying: I can assure, said I, that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me. This quote shows that the man is not scared, but we are not sure what is going to next and we want to find out if he gets scared by the ghost in the room if there is. We want to find out what might happen to him. We read on to find out what will happen. Similarly, The Cone starts with dialogue and makes us wonder what has just happened. This is when the man and woman are talking to each other: The man and woman spoke to one another in low tones. He does not suspect? said the man, a little nervously. Not he, she said peevishly, as though that too imitated her. This puts us in the shoes of the characters and it gets into the action straight away so we are unaware of what has happened. It makes the reader want to read on as it leaves us with anticipation. It creates tension as they speak in low tones telling us that they are keeping a secret. Also, The Superstitious Mans Story the opening makes us want to read on as it leaves us in theShow MoreRelatedLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 Pagesready to tackle the more difficult Exercises at the end of each chapter. ────1 Lets continue with our introduction to the principles of logical reasoning. (There are quite a few more principles to be uncovered.) For example, in the camping-trip story, you paid attention both to what Juanita said and to what Emilio said, and you wished there was a park ranger 1 The answer to the present Concept Check is (b), even though there is an error in the encyclopedia because King was really assassinatedRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesDo? 516 Culture’s Functions 516 †¢ Culture Creates Climate 516 †¢ Culture as a Liability 517 Creating and Sustaining Culture 519 How a Culture Begins 519 †¢ Keeping a Culture Alive 519 †¢ Summary: How Cultures Form 523 How Employees Learn Culture 523 Stories 523 †¢ Rituals 524 †¢ Material Symbols 524 †¢ Language 524 Creating an Ethical Organizational Culture 525 Creating a Positive Organizational Culture 527 Spirituality and Organizational Culture 529 What Is Spirituality? 529 †¢ Why Spirituality Now? 530