Category: Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Alan Poe’s Stories Analysis
Works by Edgar Alan Poe are the most terrifying literature pieces in romanticism style. Even though the writer is always considered the representative of romanticism, his works can be regarded as the premise for the Southern Gothic formation. The most outstanding features of Gothicism can be found in his works. The short stories written by…
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Deceit in “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Poe
Edgar Allan Poe is well-known for his mysterious and horrific short stories with several significant lessons. “The Cask of Amontillado” is one example of a strait plot based on revenge but touches upon different aspects of life, including friendship, trust, deceit, and envy. Despite the intention to create honest and intense interpersonal relationships, there is…
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Analysis of Stories: The Gold-bug and Other by Edgar Allan Poe and In Our Time by Ernst Hemingway
The concept of foreign or foreigner in story writing does not merely mean one person living abroad away from home. The idea of alien or foreigner in comprehends the tone of narrators when they tell the story of characters whose surroundings including objects are unfamiliar. Being foreigner or in foreign means that the character is…
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Literary Devices in The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Table of Contents The Raven Literary Devices: Essay Introduction Repetition and Parallelism Syntactic Aspect Morphological Features Literary Devices in The Raven: Essay Conclusion Reference List The Raven Literary Devices: Essay Introduction Literary works are often analysed in terms of literary devices and themes outlined. However, it is also important to understand how linguistic features help…
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The Detective and the Criminal: “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe
Table of Contents Introduction Summary The Detective The Criminal Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The genre of a detective novel always attracted a large audience with its suspenseful premise and a satisfactory and often revelatory ending. One can argue that this genre has a set of traits that were established once and had not changed significantly…
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Evil and Vengeance in The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most astonishing short stories that has been interpreted in numerous ways. Most notably, the work is considered to be an allegory due to the biblical image painted through the human foot crushing the head of a serpent (Saxton 139). It is hard to…
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Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado
Annotated Bibliography Elhefnawy, Nader. “Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado.” The Explicator, vol.7, no. 2, 2018, 103-105. Nader Elhefnavi explores the Cask of Amontillado, emphasizing the importance of understanding Montresor’s motives. The retelling of the murderer’s events does not reveal what he felt or thought (Elhefnawy 103). This type of narration is not typical…
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Mental Health in “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Nowadays, mental health is a significant concern in the United States, as more and more people become affected by psychological conditions. However, the discourse around this topic, especially that of schizophrenia, has existed for a considerable time. The main characters of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper and Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart are…
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Literary Elements in “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Masque of the Red Death” is one of the more famous works of the author. It tells the story of a grotesque plague that is sweeping the land. Instead of dealing with it, Prince Prospero gathers a thousand of his friends and travels to a special, well-secured palace to…
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“The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe
In The Fall of the House of Usher, the storyteller visits a mansion, which belongs to his sick friend, Roderick Usher. The house is creepy and the narrator feels depressed upon arrival (Poe, 2003). Usher is hypersensitivity to tactile sensations, sound, light, and taste, he needed the writer’s company during the recuperation period. According to…