Draft 2 (Introduction)

In dictionary, “suspense” is means “a feeling of worry of excitement that you have when you feel that something is going to happen, somebody is going to tell you some news.” Definitely, suspense is not only a feeling. Suspense is an indication which used to transiting in a story. When we meet the suspense in movie, there must be something happened. The suspense holds information and signal to reader or audiences that something is being withheld.

In addition, suspense is also a way to express uncertain outcome. By using this uncertain outcome, it is easy to create conflict. With the leading of uncertain experience, audience’s emotion has been evoked. The role of the suspense has been proved immediately. However, the role of the suspense has no limited. It is not only shows the audience’s reflection, but also pushes the development of the story.

Francois Truffaut in his interview with Alfred Hitchcock reminds the “suspense is a question of how…” Suspense is made up various kinds of visual aids, such as language, dialogue. These aids make up in mess to establish visual scenes which have ability to enhance audience’s emotion. For example, it is usual to see one part of the movie to be put in the beginning in the entire movie. And this part can be regarded as suspense. Consequently, suspense is a method to express or narrative the story in special.

Not only in story, has suspense also played an important role in psychological thriller. What is psychological thriller? It is a type of movie which is related with psychological analysis. . Language which character uses in dialogues is useful for shaping character. Language, as one of the basic element in movie, plays an important role in psychological thriller, especial for creating suspense. And this linguistic suspense is useful for shaping character’s life and pushing story develop. In this study, we will focus on the role of linguistic suspense in psychological thriller.