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

brother and sister, were split, with Edgar being taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Poe Chronology). His sister,...

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

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

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

deed, he nevertheless is overcome by his guilt which seems to lead him to insanity. He begins the story however by not denying his...

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

had "hastened his wifes death to write the poem" (Allen 3). The poem itself is obviously one which revolves around a woman who 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...

In seven pages this paper examines how the revenge theme is developed in this short story and how whether or not it was Fortunato ...

This paper consists on five pages and analyzes how within these tragedies the Bard relies heavily upon the supernatural for struct...

precipitates her husbands horrific discovery and subsequent madness" (Frushell 18). That Ligeia represents everlasting love not o...

"super sleuth," August Dupin who was certainly as erudite and calmly logical as Sherlock Holmes or any of the other witty, urbane,...

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

In six pages an explication of 'Annabel Lee' considers how the rhythm of the rhyme, word repetition, and setting/imagery articulat...

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.'...

In five pages Poe's detective tale is examined in terms of the protagonist's superior class attitudes that are revealed when he in...

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...

In ten pages this paper considers the speculation surrounding Poe's death and concludes that his premature passing may have been t...

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

of similar words and create definitive alliteration that supports the flow of the work. Alliteration of the words "love" and "li...

In seven pages this poetic explication reveals how Poe was able to achieve his morbid atmosphere through the literary elements of ...

This paper consisting of six pages examines the grotesque implications of what the writer describes as a 'poetic tragedy' in this ...

In six pages the ways in which Poe's poems 'Lenore,' 'The Raven,' 'Annabel Lee,' and 'To Helen' are influenced by the deaths of th...

In five pages Poe's short story is subjected to a psychological analysis that contends Poe related the many deaths that surrounded...

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

In two pages this essay examines how the structural collapse of the house in Poe's short story represents the collapse of the fami...