A Comparison of A Vendetta by Guy de Maupassant and The Red Room by H.G. Wells I am aiming to look at the differences and similarities of two writer's methods of creating tension in their stories. The two stories I am looking at are 'A Vendetta' by Guy de Maupassant and 'The Red Room' by H. G. Wells. After I have discussed these two stories I will draw a conclusion to show what I have found. 'A Vendetta' is about a woman's struggle to avenge the death of her son. The writer of this story uses lots of sounds in his efforts to create tension, such as 'howling', 'moan' and 'cried'. These words create tension because they make people think of pain or fear and makes them worry about what will happen next. Guy de Maupassant changes his sentence structure throughout the story. Longer sentences, such as 'whenever the dog saw the dummy, she immediately quivered all over, and looked towards her mistress, who cried in a shrill voice: 'At him!' create tension because the reader is kept in suspense as they don't find out what is happening until the end of the sentence. The shorter sentences in the story, such as 'That night she slept soundly' create tension as they make you read faster and therefore make you feel panicked. Also tension is created because although you are reading faster you are not finding out much information from each sentence. In 'A Vendetta' tension is created through the behaviour of the main character. The story says that 'she went to confession and received the sacr... ... middle of paper ... ... are thought to be haunted or at least scary. This crates tension because as the reader thinks they know what will happen next, they feel more involved which makes them feel more tense and uncomfortable. From studying both stories I think Guy de Maupassant and H. G. Wells have very similar techniques for creating tension but they both use the techniques to fit their story. For example, in 'A Vendetta' colours that are associated with evil were used but in 'The Red Room' colours associated with death and disease. So although they used the technique they managed to interpret it into their own style. Although they have very similar techniques, over all I think Guy de Maupassant relies more on suspense and behaviour when creating tension, whereas H. G. Wells uses more stereotypes and imagery than Guy de Maupassant.
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