How Conan Doyle creates mystery and suspense in chap 14 of Hound of the Baskervilles - page 2
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By Gibbens on 27/02/2008
Level: GCSE Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)
Page Number: 2 of 2 pages: 1 2
this makes them very annoyed but because of this it creates a lot of suspense and tension in the reader because you do not know what is going on.
The Grimpen Mire is described as a dangerous creature crawling across the mire and towards the house and this creates a threatening atmosphere because unless sir Henry gets to them in time then Holmes plans could be thrown into disarray and the hound could kill sir Henry so this creates a tense atmosphere.
The Grimpen Mire is described as a huge morass of foul slime filled with bones. Protected by the foul smell of the swamp, which gives off a very sinister smell, which gives it a sinister feel and how cruel Stapleton was. Stapleton had obviously gone slightly mad in his desperate attempts to kill members of the Baskerville bloodline.
In conclusion Conan Doyle creates tension by keeping his cards close to his chest up until the very last few moments and this is how he develops tension. Also by describing the scenes and introducing the sinister fog it makes the scene scarier. The tensest bit is when you are waiting for the hound after sir Henry has passed and there are a few heart pounding seconds waiting for the creature.
I think that Conan Doyle’s choice of language and the way he sets out the environment is how he creates tension and that this is why it is so tense in chapter 14 of the “Hound of the Baskervilles”.
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