Does Poe Or Connell Use The Suspenseful Mood Better?

Does Poe or Connell Use The Suspenseful Mood Better? “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allen Poe, explains the story of a man named Montresor, that was betrayed by his friend Fortunato, and plans to kill him by bribing him to go to the catacomb for some Amontillado. He then bricks him up in an empty room, and kills him. “The Most Dangerous Game”, written by Richard Connell, and according to Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL), tells of a crazed, psychotic general by the name of Zaroff, and how he hunts people that crash on his deserted island. Rainsford, the protagonist, just so happened to fall overboard and wash upon his island. Little did General Zaroff know, he was in for a surprise when he decided to “go hunting” with Rainsford, who was also a fine hunter himself. These stories both involve revenge, fear, and death. Both of these authors use the suspenseful mood well, however, Richard Connell utilizes this mood more effectively than Poe in quite a few ways. One of these such ways

For instance Poe illustrates, “‘Come. . .we, will go back your health is precious.’” However Connell furthermore (another word for utilize) the suspenseful mood when Rainsford was in the tree and Zaroff finds him, slowly looks at him, then walks away to spare him another day. The book states on page 231, “But the sharp eyes of the hunter stopped before they reached the limb where Rainsford lay; a smile spread over his brown face. Very deliberately he blew a smoke ring into the air; then he turned back his back on the tree and carelessly away, back along the trail he had come.” One might say that Poe did use suspense, just in a more acquit way then