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brother and sister, were split, with Edgar being taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Poe Chronology). His sister,...

had "hastened his wifes death to write the poem" (Allen 3). The poem itself is obviously one which revolves around a woman who the...

In five pages the ways in which the detective literary genre was standardized by Poe's 'The Purloined Letter,' 'The Mystery of Mar...

himself to be a poet at heart (An Analysis of A Valentine, 2002). Although he wrote all kinds of literature, poetry was his favor...

deed, he nevertheless is overcome by his guilt which seems to lead him to insanity. He begins the story however by not denying his...

1836 he married Virginia Clemm, his 13-year old cousin and went to Philadelphia to edit Burtons Gentlemans Magazine, to which he c...

once per hour The revelers are visibly agitated each time the clock becoming disconcerted and tremulous (Poe). The rooms, like the...

This paper examines how crime scene investigations and the detective fiction genre (particularly Sherlock Holmes) are attributed t...

1). Using this metaphor, he goes on to say that Science "alterest all things with thy peering eyes," which preys upon his poets h...

increasing his sense of dysfunction. He would often turned to it in times of stress and depression and Poe would likely feel his i...

My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions. I was especially fond of animals, and was ...

This essay provides an analysis of "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe. Three pages in length, four sources are cited. ...

or they commit murder and allow us to watch, as is the case in "The Tell-Tale Heart." Its always tempting, in a first-person nar...

manages to resurrect herself momentarily from her entombment before falling dead upon her brother, causing his death also. The hou...

a disease but madness surely is. And, his insistence that this "disease" has actually increased his skills and his awareness is fu...

wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...

Are the descriptions of the narrator reliable or do they represent hallucinations brought on by a deteriorating mental state? In ...

of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms. She was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber; as white as the couch...

an accident with a drunk man. It is the drunks fault that the cars collided but the drunk man is belligerent and begins to hit Dic...

house, the meals, and my life. Fiona never seemed to bother much with my brothers but she seemed to take a particular interest in...

isolated as a result. In many ways, it is the men...

we have no sense of frustration or unrequited longing in terms of his aspirations....

this situation held certain peril for these men. Second, the omniscient view has allowed Crane to describe, in a birds eye...

know the child is there, because each of them is taken to see it when they are quite young, perhaps 8-12 years of age. They cannot...

his otherwise dull life. When we meet the woman with the dog we begin to see that she is young and innocent and lonely. She als...

On the other hand, if the attack is primarily intended as a background setting from which the main character extrapolates their ow...

her mother does not always know the time of day. "He just left five minutes ago"; "That was this morning, Mother. Its night now" ...

In five pages this short story is reviewed. There are no other sources cited....

A 5 analysis of the short story by Guy de Maupassant. 7 sources,...

In three pages this essay discusses this short story by Tennessee Williams in an analysis of techniques....