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How Does Edgar Allan Poe Create Suspense

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The setting and pacing created suspense because the narrator was telling the story at a fast pace. He was being very careful while placing the lantern. He would use words such as cautiously and very slowly, which creates suspense (Poe 1). When he would use the word “cautiously” he would usually refer to undoing the lantern. When the narrator would use the word “very slowly” , he would so what he was doing very slowly and careful so he wouldn't wake up the old man. It created suspense because it said he's been repeating the same thing for seven days so that makes the reader want to know how longer he's gonna do it for (Poe 1). It also said how it was a challenge to him because it said “he would always have his eyes closed, so it was impossible
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