1. Suspense in The House of the Seven Gables
... evidence in his creation of suspense through style and diction, Hawthorne begins to drop hints regarding the nature of the evidence that kick-start the imagination due to the connotations of the imagery. Notably, his trigger words center mainly on ghosts, witchcraft and death; however, it rapidly becomes difficult to discern whether such fantastic clues are valid foreshadowing or merely red herrings. In an early ... moment of tension, Hepzibah is frightened by the shop bell ... with a death-smell" (251). Although we are not told for certain that Jaffrey is dead for another fifty or so p...
- Word Count: 1547
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Graduate