Today people use suspense for movies, book, or stories to seduce.
Authors uses suspense to keep the reader interested in what they are reading. Suspense is also to keep the flow of the story. Richard ,the author of the "Most Dangerous Game", uses foreshadowing and metaphor to increase suspense throughout the story.
According to the dictionary, foreshadowing means "to show or indicate beforehand." This use of a literary device encourages the reader to feel a sense of anticipation. A foreshadowing exists in the beginning of the story, Whitney and Rainsford are discussing their love for hunting.
Whitney, in his sensitivity, states that hunting is great "for the hunter" implying that hunting is not fun for the prey.This statement can be used as an example of foreshadowing the hunt between Rainsford and the General. Another example of foreshadowing was when Rainsford and Whitney are on the boat and Rainsford says, "Can't see it," and Whitney replies, "You've good eyes," Whitney mentions that he has good eyes to see the moose moving in the brown fall bush at four hundred yards, however his sharp eyesight, cannot penetrate the darkness that is regard to walk "through a moonless Caribbean night." There is foreshadowing about the Rainsford really having a good eyes because he can see them. Final example of foreshadowing in the story is when there is a thought in Rainsfrod's mind during his conversation with Whitney, his hunting partner onboard their ship, gives off a sense of foreboding when he tells the reader, "What I felt was a mental chill; a sort of sudden dread."
Additionally, the gunshots he heard sounding off in the distance also foreshadow the later events in that they establish some kind of presence from the island the sailors so feared. It is foreshadowing the later events in that they are on a ship and the island's name leaves a sense of danger in the air. The foreshadowing is used well in the story and it connects smoothly.
Not only the foreshadowing is used well, the author even uses imagery to increase suspense throughout the story. Imagery is the use of words or phrases that appeal to the senses.Richard Connell use imagery to create suspense by describing something in sensory terms without explaining what it actually is. This leaves it up to the reader to determine what is being described. An example of imagery used in the story is when Connell describes "Rainford's terror was about to burst his heart as he watched Zaroff smoke standing below the tree." This creates suspense because it makes the reader feel the fear. Another example of imagery is when Connell describes "the dank tropical forest loomed at the edge of the blood-warm ocean". This also reveals suspense by using the right word choice and creating a image on the reader"s mind. It creates a image that Richard Connell uses foreshadowing and imagery to keep the reader active and create suspense throughout the story. Suspense is significant to the story because it keeps the reader wanting more and keeps the flow of the story.
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