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    In Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Tell-Tale Heart", he creates suspense through the main character peeking into the old man's room nightly for a week without revealing when he will kill him, like a Jack-in-a-box whose popping is unpredictable. Poe also uses vivid language to describe sounds and sights during the eighth night when the character sneaks in, putting the reader in the scene and increasing suspense. Through both uncertainty of timing and descriptive writing, Poe effectively builds suspense in "Tell-Tale Heart."

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    In Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Tell-Tale Heart", he creates suspense through the main character peeking into the old man's room nightly for a week without revealing when he will kill him, like a Jack-in-a-box whose popping is unpredictable. Poe also uses vivid language to describe sounds and sights during the eighth night when the character sneaks in, putting the reader in the scene and increasing suspense. Through both uncertainty of timing and descriptive writing, Poe effectively builds suspense in "Tell-Tale Heart."

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    In Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Tell-Tale Heart", he creates suspense through the main character peeking into the old man's room nightly for a week without revealing when he will kill him, like a Jack-in-a-box whose popping is unpredictable. Poe also uses vivid language to describe sounds and sights during the eighth night when the character sneaks in, putting the reader in the scene and increasing suspense. Through both uncertainty of timing and descriptive writing, Poe effectively builds suspense in "Tell-Tale Heart."

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    In the short story Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, Poe creates suspense in the scene

    where the main character peeks through the old mans door each night for 8 nights. For
    example, Poe uses the fear of the unknown to create suspense. The main character says, And
    this I did for seven long nights-every night just after midnight-but I found that the eye was
    always closed. (84) Poe makes sure we do not know which night he will kill the old man so that
    we will keep reading. We know that he will kill him, we just dont know when. This creates
    suspense because he is creating fear about what will happen next. Its just like a Jack-in-a-box.
    Jack-in-a-box creates suspense by not telling us when it will pop up. Its the fear of the unknown
    that creates suspense.
    Poe also uses the technique of choosing vivid words to describe dramatic sights and
    sounds to create suspense. During the eighth night the main character sneaks into the mans
    room and says, Many at a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from
    my own bosom, deepening, with all its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. (84) By
    using these vivid words Poe creates a picture in your head of the scene. By making you feel like
    youre there in the scene he creates suspense.
    As you can clearly see Poe uses the fear of the unknown and selection of descriptive
    words to create suspense in Tell-Tale Heart.

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