Do you think that suspense creates drama? I think that Roald Dahl creates amazing suspense during the short story of, “The Landlady.” Roald Dahl’s use of suspenseful activities which makes the reader to believe the death of Billy. The author uses clues, and objectives to leave the reader to visualize the world that they have encountered. Roald Dahl creates suspense with several different methods during the short story of “The Landlady.”

Roald Dahl uses descriptions and clues that give the the story, “The Landlady,” a suspenseful feel. An example of a suspenseful description is, “So far as he could see in the darkness.” This gives the reader a spooky vibe. An example of a suspenseful clue is that Billy is staying at a Bed & Breakfast where previous visitors have gone missing during their stay. For example, Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple stayed at the same Bed & Breakfast, and both went missing during their stay. …show more content…
A mysterious detail is that Billy recognized the names but could not remember where they came from at first. Then Billy eventually remembered that these were to gentlemen that have gone missing and did not fully make the connection with the Bed & Breakfast. Another example is that the Landlady insisted that Billy signed the resistor and drink the tea. Roald Dahl creates details that add mystery to the story.

Roald Dahl uses word choice to expand onto the suspense and mystery of the story. For example the landlady states, “I stuff all my little pets myself when they pass away. Will you have another cup of tea?” The fact that the landlady stuffs her pets when they pass away is a weird thing to tell people when they stay at you Bed & Breakfast. The fact that, she keeps offering tea when to Billy when he did not want any in the first place, adds suspense based on word choice. The suspense in mystery are in the details, and the details are in Roald Dahl’s use of word