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With Reference to Collins A Terribly other Bed and Conan DoylesSpeckled Band, Discuss How Both Authors Create Mystery and Tension.Although these gyp stories are fictional and were written in the mid19th Century they are crime dramas containing stereotypical images ofthe villains of the time. These include social outcasts such as DrRoylott and Monsieur Faulkner. numerous writers social function suspense in theirstories in order to excite the reader more and to make them want toturn over to the next page. This is can be done by giving the readersome information, hardly not enough for him or he to be able to answerthe mystery or riddle that they may be trying to solve.The Speckled Band focuses on the Roylott family, of Stoke Moran inSurrey. The family includes twin sisters Julia and Helen Stoner, andtheir stepfather Dr Grimesby Roylott.The readers first impression of Helen Stoner is that she is grievingover someones death, collectable to her appearance. She is dressed in blackand heavily veiled. The reader is encouraged to feel sympathy forHelen Stoner and anxious to find out who has died and how, as she isunderstandably in mourning. The simile used to portray her fear and suggestsshe is weak and vulnerable, maybe even the next victim. Restlessfrightened eyes, like those of some hunted physical, indicates to thereader how she is being hunted like some kind of prey. This assistsin building the suspense, as the reader is unaware of the details ofthe death, it is still a mystery.Conan Doyles use of nouns, when Helen is speaking, suggests howscared she is. It is fear, Mr Holmes. It is terror, illustrates thateither Helen Stoner is exaggerating the situation, or somethingterrible has happened to c... ...hen the story would be a complete failure because we wouldknow he survives, yes there would be an adventure but it wouldnt grabthe audiences attention and they wouldnt feel involved in the story.Therefore I think both authors go about creating mystery and ttensi onthe outperform possible way because if they swapped round and Holmes wastelling the story then the audience wouldnt want to get involved andthe same with a terribly Strange fuckBoth authors create suspense in their own way that in my opinion areas effective as each other but I felt more eager to turn over the pagein The Speckled BandAlso the description of the setting is successful in creating the mostsuspense, as the use of darkness suggests something is going tohappen. We dont find out a lot about the setting in A TerriblyStrange Bed but it his little relevance to the story.