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In five pages this paper discusses how Poe expertly employed satire in a mocking of romantic conventions in 'The Spectacles' short...

all his days. This appears to be true as Montressor is compulsively confessing his evil fifty years later. Other critics agree t...

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

when they enter it. Fortunato has a bad cough and so, on their way to the wine cellar, Montressor keeps giving Fortunato more wine...

not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...

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

In a research study on the factors which lead to acts of revenge, University of Arkansas psychologists tested a number of voluntee...

In ten pages this paper considers how Poe's fascination with morbidity may have been due to losing so many female relatives includ...

In six pages this paper compares Poe's 'The Purloined Letter' and 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' with Doyle's 'The Adventure of t...

a nation of disillusionment, and we often find some sort of sympathetic resonance in tales of the dark and unholy. And the first p...

In ten pages the ways in which Poe contributed to the gothic literary genre establishment is considered in an analysis of 'The Cas...

nature of the protagonists soul, as it has perceived injuries made to it. Poe builds on the potential success of his trap by disc...

to kill, the speaker insists on frequently and rather adamantly reminding us that he is not mad. As the story reads on, I found m...

In five pages this paper considers the life of Poe as an insightful backdrop to a consideration of the author's employment of mela...

In seven pages this paper examines how the theme of death is handled in London's short stories 'The Law of Life' and 'To Build a F...

In five pages this paper examines how Poe employs the theme of revenge and how it underscored the desires of the author for reveng...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how Poe develops these themes in his short stories 'Fall of the House of Usher' an...

In twelve pages the many twists and turns Poe incorporated into this horrifying and entertaining short story are examined. Ten so...

In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...

In five pages this essay examines how Poe's combination of detail and manipulated point of view constructs a compelling psychologi...

In five pages the representation of the author in this short story is considered with an analysis of the story's plot, setting, ch...

In a paper consisting of 6 pages this important writer of the 19th century is examined in an overview of his life and works with i...

In five pages these short stories are compared and contrasted in terms of how femininity is thematically portrayed in each. There...

"what the character thinks the truth is, as revealed in speech or action, and what an audience or reader knows the truth to be." ...

In five pages this 1839 tale is revealed to represent many of the experiences and attitudes of the author. Five sources are cited...

In five pages the ways in which Poe's internal struggles and private thoughts are revealed in his writings are examined. Six sour...

In 5 pages this paper analyzes the ways in which Poe satirizes transcendentalism in this story. There are 6 sources cited in the ...

In 3 pages the author's employment of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony in this short story is analyzed. There are 2 source...

In seven pages this paper discusses how Poe's real life experiences can be connected to the short story 'The Cask of Amontillado.'...

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...