Mood is the feeling the reader gets when reading a piece of literature. If it is done correctly, it can be felt through the main character or the text. Many literary devices can help develop mood in a passage. In “Denn Die Todten Reiten Schnell,” Stroker uses diction techniques, types of imagery, and elements of narrative position to create a dominant impression of fear. The author selects diction techniques such as connotation, repetition and onomatopoeia, to establish the fear is the general extract. Manipulate connotation to improve mood. As the character is driven into the nocturnal landscape by the mysterious coachman, he notices the “scowling rocks” hanging over the road, a “ghostly flicker” of blue light that he cannot explain, and in the distance the “long agonized wail” of dogs. The word “scowling” makes us understand that this is not a happy environment, even the rock that cannot hear is frowning and not smiling. The author uses the word ghostly to describe the flickering of light. The light usually represents a sign of salvation or hope. Using spooky as a descriptive word makes it seem supernatural or as if it were dimly present. If he wanted this to be a sign of hope he could have called it a flickering light, but he didn't make the character feel fear or any hope. Stoker's use of repetition strengthens the atmosphere. Throughout the piece the narrator continues to intensify the effects by also repeating phrases such as “another and another”. By repeating these words, the reader is reminded of the alien emotions and environment of such a strange place. The use of repetition intensification reinforces the negative connotation of the words that directly follow before or after... in the center of the paper... the participant involved can contribute to the mood. He is attentive to his surroundings claiming that his "eyes deceive [him] straining in the darkness" as he "comes face to face with such horrors". The main character establishes a scary and confusing tone to amplify the atmosphere. The main character, still traveling to Dracula's castle, chooses to describe his feelings as “strange,” meaning the ordinary is no longer perceived. Words surround us every day and can describe many aspects of our lives. Many people say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but no one bothers to say how much a word is worth. If they used words like Bram Stoker does, they would be able to make people perceive and feel what they perceive and feel. If a picture can describe a moment with so much depth, why can memories only be told through words and feelings.