In these moments, author Nathaniel Hawthorne breeds tension with a terse syntactical style, igniting imagination with suggestive language, and frustrating the reader with a limited perspective. ... In addition to a subtle stylistic undermining of certainty, Hawthorne also challenges certainty blatantly in his descriptions of suspenseful scenes by using intentionally vague language. ... By presenting all observable evidence as obscured, Hawthorne forces us to face a deep-seated desire for clarity in the world. ... Overarching Hawthorne's creation of suspense through style and diction is hi...

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