In the text, Forster uses which literary figure to illustrate the concept of suspense?

Homer

Shakespeare

Scheherazade

Dickens

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C. Scheherazade

Forster uses the analogy of Scheherazade, who cleverly uses suspense to prolong her life by leaving her tales unfinished.

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