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Essays 211 - 240
In five pages the ways in which the detective literary genre was standardized by Poe's 'The Purloined Letter,' 'The Mystery of Mar...
like Poe: "TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad?" (Poe NA). The narr...
brother and sister, were split, with Edgar being taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Poe Chronology). His sister,...
of life and death. Poe was considered a pioneer in his quest to ascertain the inner workings of the sinister mind. A good...
when they enter it. Fortunato has a bad cough and so, on their way to the wine cellar, Montressor keeps giving Fortunato more wine...
good education, he was dismissed after just one year at the university because of his drinking and gambling (Edgar...Shadow). Back...
official. The letter has been stolen, and the police feel that they know who stole it -- a man who is referred to as "Minister D" ...
of the protagonist that Poe sets up the terror inherent in the story. The sheer madness of his thought processes are chilling, bu...
In five pages this paper discusses how Poe expertly employed satire in a mocking of romantic conventions in 'The Spectacles' short...
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 paper examines how Poe employed satirical humor regarding art and science in this famous short story. Five sou...
Poe and his short story are considered in a paper consisting of five pages. There is one other source cited in the bibliography....
In five pages 'The Raven' is subjected to a poetic explication and a thesis that Poe's life is reflected in this haunting poem. T...
been. She is flighty. She moved out of the family home early, as soon as she began college, but Maggie is still living at home. Wh...
it is in a few words: "The sun was risen above the frost mists now, so keen and hard a glitter on the snow that instead of warmth ...
this situation held certain peril for these men. Second, the omniscient view has allowed Crane to describe, in a birds eye...
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...
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...
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....
house, the meals, and my life. Fiona never seemed to bother much with my brothers but she seemed to take a particular interest in...
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...
In five pages the differences and similarities that exist within Salinger's Nine Short Stories are discussed....
In five pages this essay discusses this amusing short story by Sherwood Anderson....
In five pages this paper analyzes the structure of Butler's short story....
In seven pages this short story which features a woman's fight to freely live her life despite several mental impairment is presen...
In nine pages Kafka's 1913 short story 'The Judgment' is compared with his classic 1915 work 'The Metamorphosis.'...
In seven pages the use of language and the symbolism of the quilt are examined within the context of Walker's short story....