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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...
modern Gothic writing lies with his ability to create a variety of forms of symbolist terror, using new structures and creating ne...
In five pages the ways in which Poe's internal struggles and private thoughts are revealed in his writings are examined. Six sour...
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 five pages this paper considers the life of Poe as an insightful backdrop to a consideration of the author's employment of mela...
In ten pages this paper considers how Poe's fascination with morbidity may have been due to losing so many female relatives includ...
In seven pages Poe's life and works are examined with a focus on the theme, symbolism, and meaning of 'The Tell Tale Heart.' Six ...
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 six pages this paper compares Poe's 'The Purloined Letter' and 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' with Doyle's 'The Adventure of t...
This 7 page paper gives an analysis of the story “The Cask of Amontillado”. This paper includes discussion or other articles about...
The seventh and most western of the apartments was "closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries" and it was only in this room that...
by the narrator was a man that the narrator actually claims to have loved, but yet the narrator is bothered by their eye, an eye t...
for him, lift his spirits, and perhaps bring him a bit of distraction and joy as he descends. This narrator is very powerful and...
significant loss. Examining the examples of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher,...
In five pages this paper compares these stories' similarities in terms of how melancholia or depression is featured in each. Five...
A 5 page analysis of language elements in the classic tale by Edgar Alan Poe. The author highlights setting, theme, imagery and p...
that country is assuredly America" (de Tocqueville). de Tocqueville discusses universal suffrage, which he says "had been adopted...
"In the nineteenth century, Poe influenced Ambrose Bierce and Robert Louis Stevenson, among others. Twentieth-century writers who ...
that both of these individuals were perhaps depressed, at least a few times in their lives, and thus their work examined the darke...
a disease but madness surely is. And, his insistence that this "disease" has actually increased his skills and his awareness is fu...
little concern for the development, the past, of the relationships that play a very important part in the stories. One could well ...
conservative minister and professor teaching at the Dallas Seminary. He recalls that he was very complacent in his beliefs. "The G...
wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...
to justify the decision we make that we are uncomfortable with. This is also seen with the consideration of walking up to the elep...
evidenced in his relationship with both Augustus and Dirk Peters. Augustus is the son of the captain of the ship of which Pym is ...
tales. While "The Oval Portrait" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are distinctive in setting they share certain simil...
by the brilliance and deductive reasoning that the detective uses. Agatha Christies Hercule Poirot is reminiscent of a brilliant d...
Ushers ultimate fall. "[The house had] an atmosphere which had no affinity with the air of heaven, but which had reeked up from t...
(Silverman, 76). In a surprisingly large number of Poes stories, the revenant theme is coupled with some sense of a double -- two...
not cost sensitive, and there as a great deal of loyalty to existing bars. The brand was seen as a more indulgent brand and as suc...