In "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allan Poe creates a sense of tension by slowing the pace with detailed descriptions. For example, he provides specific depictions of masses of bones and dead human bodies in order to develop suspense in the story.
In the cask of amontillado, written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1846, and it narrates the story of Montresor and how he seeks revenge against Fortunato, to increase the tension through the whole story Edgar Alan Poe slows the pace of the story with detalied descriptions of what is happening building up tension to the climax of the story.
