Essays 31 - 60
a diametrically opposed stance to this view, as it seems much more likely, particularly when one considers Poes careful and meticu...
In twelve pages the many twists and turns Poe incorporated into this horrifying and entertaining short story are examined. Ten so...
In six pages the emotional undercurrent that pervades this horrific short story by Edgar Allan Poe is examined. Three sources are...
structure" leaving "means neither of ingress or egress" (799). David R. Dudley states: "The Masque of the Red Death is a vanita...
Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...
century, Gothic literature is a type of fiction that combines both horror and romance. Its writing is intended to stimulate the em...
This 7 page paper gives an analysis of the story “The Cask of Amontillado”. This paper includes discussion or other articles about...
In ten pages the ways in which Poe contributed to the gothic literary genre establishment is considered in an analysis of 'The Cas...
anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...
In eleven pages Poe's writings are interpreted in terms of its representation of conflict as well as pastoral with such works as '...
of the protagonist that Poe sets up the terror inherent in the story. The sheer madness of his thought processes are chilling, bu...
all his days. This appears to be true as Montressor is compulsively confessing his evil fifty years later. Other critics agree t...
of life and death. Poe was considered a pioneer in his quest to ascertain the inner workings of the sinister mind. A good...
The Romantic literary tradition is exemplified by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This paper examines ...
In 7 pages this paper examines how the 'double' or Doppelganger theme is featured in the Edgar Allan Poe stories William Wilson, '...
that "justice" was being defined since 9/11 appears to equate it with vengeance. A headline in the November 16th edition of the ...
not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...
he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utte...
stupor, Montressor begins to wall him in...alive. As Fortunato begins to sober up and realize what is going on he begins to scream...
did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...
the age of 24 left her son with deep emotional wounds that never completely healed. It is believed that there is a little of Eliz...
freedom as expressed in The Awakening is a freedom from rules, expectations and people. Yet, other types of freedom had also been ...
You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. AT LENGTH I would be av...
been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad?" (Poe [3]). In this the reader is immediately told that the narrator is mad becau...
thou noble youth, / The serpent that did sting thy fathers life / Now wears his crown." Ham. "O my prophetic soul! My uncle?" (I, ...
later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...
the circumstances surrounding their creation and the manifest events of the plot differ quite dramatically. For instance, one migh...
in the Broadway Journal (Magistrale 81). Steeped in Gothic tradition, the theme involves one mans descent into total madness, whi...
In five pages these famous short stories by Edgar Allan Poe are summarized and compared in terms of similarities and differences, ...
"loved the old man" and had "no desire" for his gold (Poe "Tell-Tale Heart"). Why then, did he become obsessed with the idea of mu...