I looked this question up and found that the "method" it refers to is "emotional responses". The short critique about it is as follows:
- Yes, I believe Irving uses the method effectively in order to create suspense.
- By describing the narrator's nervousness, agitation, and even fear of the picture in his room, the author evokes the same feelings from the readers.
- Because of that, suspense is created. Readers begin to wonder if the narrator is indeed in the haunted room or if he is just under the influence of too much food and too many drinks.
- An example from the story that shows how the narrator feels and behaves is:
"Whoever has been in such a state of nervous agitation must know that the longer it continues, the more uncontrollable it grows; the very air of the chamber seemed at length infected by the baleful presence of this picture."
Washington Irving (1783-1859) was a famous American author and historian. "The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture" is part of a series of connected short stories in "Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman."
The narrator of the story has dinner with a group of hunters. Throughout dinner, they being telling horror stories at the table.
By the end of the meal, the host tells his guests one of them will be sleeping in a haunted bedroom. It turns out that it is the narrator who is, unknowingly, given that opportunity.
In his room, there is a strange picture that makes the narrator nervous, agitated, and fearful. He does not provide many details about the picture - if it is of a man or woman, what the person looks like, nothing.
In an effective Gothic style, the author creates suspense by describing the narrator's actions and feelings, evoking the same sensations from the readers.
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