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Themes of Good and Evil in Two Works by Poe and Morrison

Edgar Allan Poe. According to Dr. Carl Goldberg, "In creating these tortured souls from the crucible of his own difficult life, P...

Live Burial Theme in Edgar Allan Poe's Writings

stupor, Montressor begins to wall him in...alive. As Fortunato begins to sober up and realize what is going on he begins to scream...

Edgar Allan Poe's 'Cask of Amontillado' and Narcissism

the libido directs its energies toward an object or thing, including ones love-object which may be a person. However, with the nar...

Four Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

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

Analyzing 'A Valentine' by Edgar Allan Poe

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

Analysis of the Detectives Created by Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allan Poe

stories(Rollason, 1988). There is, of course, the same typical Poe elements, the triumph of rational reasoning, the superiority ...

Detective Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe

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

'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe and Setting

The morbid tale of revenge of "The Cask of Amontillado" is carefully depicted with crypt like wine vaults which eventually entomb ...

Hawthorne and Poe

This essay discusses short stories Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," contrasting...

Edgar Allan Poe's 'Fall of the House of Usher'

of food, loud noises upset him, strong scents, such as from flowers disturbed him. In every sense of the word, he was neurotic. Us...

Gothic Fascination of Edgar Allan Poe

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

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Edgar Allan Poe's 'Fall of the House of Usher'

of the heart, an unredeemed dreariness"( Seelye, 101). The reader is told that Roderick Usher is the last in a long line of an Ar...

An Address of Four Specific Questions in Literature

him an hour just to move his head into the room. The protagonist exclaims, "Ha! Would a madman have been so wise as this?" which i...

'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

of the situation inside the house. He relates that "Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-wor...

Romantic Writings of Edgar Allan Poe

that it was like an "after-dream of the reveller upon opium...an iciness, a sinking a sickening of the heart" (Fall of the House.....

Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

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

"Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe

This essay pertains to Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" and offers analysis. Three pages in length, one source is cited. ...

Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, and Literary Portrayals of Fear and Madness

In five pages this paper examines how fear and madness are depicted in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and in Stephen...

'The Tell Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe

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

Poe, Hawthorne, Irving and Romanticism Considering Romanticism in Literature By Examining Stories By Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Romantic literary tradition is exemplified by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This paper examines ...

Psychological Stories of Edgar Allan Poe and Henry James

In five pages this essay discusses the supernatural and psychological narratives that are featured in Poe's short story 'The Black...

Symbolic Meaning of the Cask in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado'

In six pages this paper discusses the symbolism of the cask that appears throughout Edgar Allan Poe's compelling short story. Eig...

Edgar Allan Poe's Writing Style

In five pages this paper discusses Edgar Allan Poe's writing style in this analysis of his 'The Tell Tale Heart' short story. The...

Edgar Allan Poe's Short Story Themes

In seven pages this paper examines knowledge, time, and truth in this thematic analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's stories 'The Balloon ...

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Edgar Allan Poe's Composition Philosophy

creation of Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. For some time now, as the student researching this topic may be aware...

Edgar Allan Poe's Personality and Lifespan Development

that never completely healed. It is believed that there is a little of Elizabeth in all of Poes female characterizations. One of...

Edgar Allan Poe's 'A Threat In His Mind'

ill person - a person who might easily be Poe himself. Poes preoccupation with humanitys darker side could very well have perpetu...

Science According to the Poems of Walt Whitman and Edgar Allan Poe

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

Poe: "Annabel Lee"

was a child and I was a child, / In this kingdom by the sea, / But we loved with a love that was more than love-- / I and...

Analysis: "The Tell Tale Heart"

the murder has no real basis in reality; the old man had never hurt him, and he has no desire to rob him: "Object there was none. ...