The Signalman is a short story, which brings up great suspense and tension throughout the story, mainly through the main characters, the signalman and the narrator. At the beginning of the story the atmosphere is quite dull. The tension and suspense really starts to increase when the narrator first meets the signalman. The narrator first tries to start the conversation by asking the signalman if there was a path in which he could come down …showed first 75 words of 633 total…

…showed last 75 words of 633 total…and air changing into a violent pulsation and an oncoming rush…’ The ending is very dull and gloomy; the suspense is created when the narrator prolongs the death of the signalman. Overall I thought the story had really become alive through the characters and the suspense and tension caused by them. I felt the main character who was in the heart of the story was the signalman, his emotions made the story what it is.