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suspense
(redirected from Dramatic tension)

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See: doubt, expectation, indecision, pendency, remission

SUSPENSE. When a rent, profit a prendre, and the like, are, in consequence of the unity of possession of the rent, &c., of the land out of which they issue, not in esse for a time, they are said to be in suspense, tunc dormiunt, but they may be revived or awakened. Co, Litt. 313 a.



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Between dad's lost job, Isaac's trip to Hawaii and the contents of Jimmy's sketchbook, there are more than enough deep, dark secrets to fuel Cho's dramatic tension.
Its dramatic tension is acute, the interest of the characters, as well as their verisimilitude, is great, and the message the playwright hopes to convey is ever timely.
There is an ambiguity to these gestures, however, and this is the critical element that creates dramatic tension.
 
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