Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Author of Book "Susan Hill".', 1.
Extract

How the author creates suspense and tension.
The two extracts I have chosen are Across The Causeway page sixty-five to sixty seven and Whistle And I'll Come to You pages one hundred and twenty four to one hundred and twenty seven.
In the extract from Across The Causeway Kipps sees the Woman in Black for the second time but when he sees her this time the Woman in Black has a look of pure malevolence and evil on her face. First Kipps asks himself if the hatred is directed at him then Kipps get scared and eventually angry. Susan Hill builds up tension and suspense in this extract in many wa…

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