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Elements of Suspense Becki Cox The literary genre known as horror has intrigued readers' for centuries. One of the masters of horror, Edgar Allan Poe, uses many elements to horrify and captivate his audience. These elements include sense of sight, and sense of hearing. In the stories "The Tell Tale Heart," and "The Pit and the Pendulum," Poe uses the above elements to add suspense, and meaning to the theme of each tale. Edgar Allan …

…suspense. Poe was a master of horror. Part of the success of his tales is his ability to create suspense, and "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Tell Tale Heart" are excellent examples of this ability. In each of these tales, the eyes and loss of sight, and the sense of hearing were crucial to suspense. Without these important elements, much of the effect of these stories would be lost. Bibliography Edgar Allan Poe