Comparing The Landlady And The Monkey's Paw

The house is dark and eerily quiet. This shows how not only tone but description of the setting is used to create suspense in that sentence. In the “Landlady,” by Roald Dahl introduction to Bill Waver, who is intrigued by this nice place called the “Bed and Breakfast”, and never got to leave. In the “The Monkey’s Paw,” W.W Jacob introduction is Herbert and Mr. White who receive a monkey paw that has three wishes but something went bad on the second wish. Therefore, suspense is depicted in both Roald Dahl's short story, "The Landlady" and W.W Jacob short story, "The Monkey's Paw" through the use of tone and description of the setting.

In Dahl’s short story and in Jacob’s short story, both depict suspense through tone and description. For example, in the “The Landlady”, the narrator stated, “I stuff all my little pets.” This example reveals suspense by providing the landlady killed and stuffed her pets. Furthermore,

Mulholland and Mr. Temple by giving them tea. This leads the reader to conclude that since Billy Weaver has tea, he will be killed by the landlady too. “The Monkey’s Paw,” reveals how Jacobs writes, “‘I wish for two hundred pounds,’ said the old man distinctly.” This example reveals suspense by providing just how Sergeant Major Morris gave a monkey paw to Mr. White, and how he has three wishes. However, something went wrong on the third wish. Another example from the “The Monkey’s Paw” was when Mr. White said, “Heard the creaking of