1. Suspense in The House of the Seven Gables
However, later in the novel after Hepzibah discovers Judge Jaffrey dead, she senses that a "stifling atmosphere of dread fill[s] the house with a death-smell" (251). Although we are not told for certain that Jaffrey is dead for another fifty or so pages, this clue sets our suspicions on the right track; nevertheless, because of our previous experience with red herrings, we are unsure whether or not to trust this nugget of potential evidence. ... By the time we have reached Chapter 18, Hawthorne has already planted enough trigger words to cause the reader to at least suspect that Judg...
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