History
What does the suspense drama stem from?
Greek Tragedy or Shakespearean
Give one example of a feature shown in a suspenseful drama shown in the slides.
False ending, high stakes, unreliable narrator, foreshadowing, pacing, or atmosphere (all of these examples work)
T/F?: The narrator in The Tell-Tale Heart is told by a reliable narrator.
False
What is suspense?
Aspects of uncertainty and fear to gradually build tension in the audience.
What is the classic example of a gothic fiction book?
Frankenstein
What is foreshadowing?
Indication of an event that will happen later in the story.
Did the police suspect the narrator of murder before he confessed?
No.
How does the use of the heartbeat have an effect on the audience?
build suspense, fear
Name three popular books/ tv shows/ or movies mentioned in the slides with a suspenseful genre.
The Prestige, Breaking Bad, The Girl on The Train, Gone Girl, Gone Girl, Stranger Things, The Silence of The Lambs (any of these work)
In the late 19th - 20th centuries, what did suspense begin to focus on?
thrill and mystery and crimes
T/F?: An unreliable narrator is a narrator with character flaws that cause the audience to be misled.
True
How many nights passed until the narrator killed the old man?
8 nights.
Makes them feel as if their heart is also beating out of their chest.
How do characters contribute to suspense in a story?
The narrator can be unreliable which misleads the audience and has quick pacing.
What is suspense rooted from?
18th to 19th century gothic fiction
T/F?: Pacing in a suspenseful genre is long term build up and tension with very slow pacing.
False
He thinks he needs to escape a hex that the "Evil Eye" of the old man had.
What does the heart symbolize?
The fear and anxiety the narrator faces before killing and when he thinks he's getting caught.
How can key elements affect the emotional state of an audience in a story?
It can mislead the audience, create fear, anxiety, and stress, leave anticipation, or create tension
Why does suspense genre's incorporate aspects of uncertainty and fear?
To gradually build tension in the audience
What is pacing in a suspenseful drama?
He could hear the old mans heart beating under the floor causing him to be overwhelmed and confess to the police.
What does the narrator seeing the eye as evil reveal?
The narrator is trying to project his evil nature onto the old man.
Identify all key elements in a suspenseful genre mentioned in the slides.
False Ending, High Stakes, Unreliable Narrator, Foreshadowing, Pacing, and Atmosphere.