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Mystery and Suspense: Analyzing Poe, Hitchcock, and More

Explore the intriguing world of mystery and suspense through the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Hitchcock, Stephen King, and Mary Shelley. Discuss endings, predictions, and similarities in their storytelling styles. Delve into the questions of suspenseful elements that keep audiences on edge without revealing too much. Analyze the themes of mystery and suspense in literary and cinematic masterpieces.

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Mystery and Suspense: Analyzing Poe, Hitchcock, and More

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  1. Do Now: • Discuss your answers to the questions and make your predictions for the end of the tale. • 1. What happens next? • 2. How does he kill the old man? • 3. Does he get away with it? • If so, how does he escape suspicion and arrest? • If not, why not? • 4. Any more details?

  2. Analyzing Mystery vs. Suspense • Alfred Hitchcock discusses Mystery vs. Suspense • Would Poe's story be considered mystery or suspense? • Scene from The Birds • Scene from The Shining

  3. Questions to Consider • What similarities do you see between Hitchcock’s work and Poe’s?  • Are they both suspenseful? How? • What elements show the audience suspense without giving too much away? • If Hitchcock had been a writer, would his work be considered “gothic” like Poe’s? • Who’s work is more like Poe’s, Hitchcock’s, King’s, or Mary Shelley’s?

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