1. Suspense in The House of the Seven Gables
In an early moment of tension, Hepzibah is frightened by the shop bell which she perceives to be "betwitched", becoming fearful that she has "summoned up an evil spirit" (49)-yet we quickly discover that it is simply a sweet little urchin boy wanting to buy gingerbread. ... His description of the seated judge at once affirms our suspicions and supplants them-the narrator notes that, as we observe the judge, "his breath you do not hear" (268), an observation that seems to only logically make sense if the judge is indeed dead. ...
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- Grade Level: Graduate