In "the pit and the pendulum" he uses unbelievable suspense, do you think he is the master of suspense?
2007-02-28 13:31:41 · 8 answers · asked by jun k 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
One of the best. When I taught fifth grade in the inner city, I read "The Tell Tale Heart" to my class. I wanted them to hear a scary story for Halloween, but I wanted them to hear a classic. They loved it! So much in fact that one of the boys stole my anthology! I wish that someone would take his stories and rewrite them in today's English, but stay as close to the original as possible so that they aren't so hard to understand. They wanted me to read all of them to them, and they would have loved them, too, but the English was just too hard for them to get.
2007-02-28 13:38:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Loved The Pit and the Pendulum.
2007-02-28 21:35:44 · answer #2 · answered by bibliophile31 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do think he is. He lead you imagination. He described it and your own imagination takes over. He was the first one to write horror and suspense. His descriptions weren't graphic but how he wrote it you ould picture it in your mind being graphic. H echose words that helped formed images in your head. He helped your imagination to run away with you. The story that's even better with suspense is the Tell Tale Heart. His words in the story make you believe that your heart is beating (probably your own).
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2007-02-28 23:25:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think EAP uses suspense masterfully, but I feel he is more the master of the macabre than just suspense.
2007-02-28 22:24:23 · answer #4 · answered by crazycanadien 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
edger allan poe is THE best short story writer there ever was. The Tall Tale Heart by him was incredibly. i had it read outloud and i was on the edge of seat and my heart was pounding. he really knows what language to use and when to use it. incredible.
2007-02-28 21:40:13 · answer #5 · answered by Some Person 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, he was the one who first created suspense stories. besides the one you stated, he wrote other famous stories such as "the raven", "the tell tale heart," and "fall of the house of usher."
2007-02-28 21:41:31 · answer #6 · answered by arzbarz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's greeat...But Alfred Hitchcock is the true Master !
2007-02-28 22:27:08 · answer #7 · answered by cesare214 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no jack bauer is
2007-02-28 21:38:37 · answer #8 · answered by dave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋