Explain how the author creates the suspenseful moment when the Minotaur arrives. Use the passage if you need to review the story’s climax.

In this excerpt, the author uses various strategies in order to create a suspenseful moment when the Minotaur arrives. In these lines, we see that the author begins with a slow pace. However, as the Minotaur appears and faces Theseus, Baldwin speeds up the action in order to increase the suspense and excitement that the reader is feeling. Moreover, the author employs vivid detail and exaggeration in order to make the appearance of the Minotaur even more suspenseful.