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How Does Edgar Allan Poe Create Suspense In The Tell Tale Heart

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The author Edgar Allan Poe uses suspense in the story “The Tell-Tale Heart” to make things better. Its makes the story interesting. He uses different kinds of techniques to create suspense and here are some of the techniques.

One of the techniques Edgar Allan Poe uses in the story is that every night he would go to his house and open the door and watches him every night. He would watch him for seven days and on the eighth day. He would make his attack on the old man. In the story it's says “And every night,about midnight,i turned the latch of his door and opened it-oh,so gently!” Another technique Edgar Allan Poe use is repeating words,phrases,and characters action. In the story the character repeats words and some phrases. When
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