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…VERTIGO Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo is a thrilling film filled with mystery and suspense. However, Hitchcock left many unsolved issues at the end of this film. In contrast, when comparing Vertigo to more recent films of similar genre’, mysteries…

…“Our Man in Havana” by Graham Greene is an espionage mystery novel. Graham Greene was born in 1904 and educated at Berkhamsted School, where his father was headmaster. In all he has written forty novels, entertainments, plays, children’s books, travel…

…for Clare, she also possesses a deep admiration for her. This “admiration” could also be translated into sexual desire or lust. Throughout the novel, Irene attempts to rationalize her mysterious feelings toward Clare Kendry, but she cannot. To Irene…

…Jay Gatsby believes he can buy happiness; and this is exhibited through his house, his clothes, and through Daisy. He owns a large portion of finances due to some mysterious source of wealth, and he uses this mystery source to buy his house, his clothes…

…of the town an object crosses the sky. An enigma surrounding the identity of the object is posed. As the whole town is plunged into complete darkness, building a sense of enigma, suspense and mystery, we cut to a forest. In the forest, a woman, Jillian…

…contrasting Anabella Smith. Rather than the straightforward blonde, she is the dark and mysterious brunette. She tells Hannay in his dark and dreary apartment that she fired the shots in the theater to divert attention so she could make a getaway. Hannay coyly…

…is so preoccupied with witchcraft and generates such a powerful atmosphere of evil and sickening dread that even reading it could make anyone tremble with fear. Murder, betrayal, mysterious accidents, witchcraft, sabotage, assassinations, superstition…

…abandoned with the arrival of the mysterious Clym Yeobright (from Paris!) and Eustacia deludes herself into believing that he will be some kind of shining knight. It never occurs to Eustacia to seek happiness with what she has, or to find some way to improve her…

…‘The Tempest’, penned by playwright William Shakespeare, as one of his last works circa 1612 is a story about many things: love, revenge, greed, politics, magic, and mystery. Even the notion of time plays a major role, and it is this aspect we shall…

…as a mysterious figure of a person. He thought him to be bad. However, as he gets older ad the novel progresses, Jem realizes that Boo Radley is actually a man of good intentions who means no harm. Jem deduces this conclusion easily. He sees that someone is leaving…