Question

For hours they stood there, hearing no sound, and seeing nothing but the smooth, high walls on either side of the passage and the calm blue sky so high above them. Then the maidens sat down upon the ground and covered their faces and sobbed, and said:

"Oh, that he would come and put an end to our misery and our lives." How does the author create suspense in the passage

Answer 1

the author describes the setting of how (let's assume they are both females) the girls surroundings were bare. they showed the perspective of what the girls were seeing with no dialogue or action during that sequence. then the sudden move of one of the girls flopping down and crying the absence of dialogue or any story progression tends to evoke a long dragging out period to the reader

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