The fear builds slowly throughout the story, but the plot is different in Joyce Carol Oats' "The Night Nurse." In this piece, there is anticipation. Grace Burkhardt had a fear of dying from a blood clot in her leg. Or perhaps, it is the nurse of the night. She pressed the buzzer and nothing

The setting is taking place at night in both of these stories represents fear of the unknown. The narrator uses witches, devils and night nurses with inquisitive minds. Even so the setting in both led to a mood of fear and rage giving its readers hints as to what or who is around the corner. The antagonist in both stories shows plenty of emotion, which in turn, is passed on to the reader.

happened. Again she pressed. Nothing. Then she hears a voice, although not very comforting to her. Then a long pause, maybe even minutes passed before someone came into the room. Pain shoots through her leg then to the rest of her body. She falls asleep into a deep sleep and she awakes abruptly to a dark night. When she realizes she's in the hospital, a terror flows through her body like the pain in her leg. The room not totally dark, due to the light left on by the nurse, made unrecognizable images on the single glass window. Again her mind is filled with fear of dying in

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