How Does H.G. Wells Create Tension In: The Red Room "The Red Room" is a short story that identifies fear and the power of suggestion. The story focuses on how the power of suggestion can cause fear, and how the setting of the story or of a place can cause fear even if the main character is cynical and is not initially apprehensive. '"Eight-and-twenty years," said I, "I have lived, and never a ghost I have seen as yet."' H. G. Wells picks his language very carefully and uses this to his full advantage to set the scene. The story is set in Lorraine Castle which had been deserted some months prior to the arrival of the narrator. The fact that it is set in a castle adds mystery and intrigue as all castles are extremely old and many have violent and deadly secrets in their pasts. To add to this the narrator is already aware that there had been a fatal ....

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