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Comparison of 'The Cask of Amontillado,' 'The Tell Tale Heart,' and 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages these famous short stories by Edgar Allan Poe are summarized and compared in terms of similarities and differences, ...

Mirrored Consciousness Examples

In five pages this report considers The Mirror of Consciousness by Henry James and the author's contention that situation reaction...

4 Questions on Literature

In five pages four questions pertaining to Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allan Poe are consi...

Portrayals of Humanity and Science in Frankenstein and Maezel's Chess Player

A 5 page analysis of humanity and science as they are portrayed by Mary Shelly's and Edgar Allan Poe. 2 sources....

Edgar Allan Poe’s Creative Uses of Atmosphere and/or Tension in “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and “The Black Cat”

in the Broadway Journal (Magistrale 81). Steeped in Gothic tradition, the theme involves one mans descent into total madness, whi...

Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe

1836 he married Virginia Clemm, his 13-year old cousin and went to Philadelphia to edit Burtons Gentlemans Magazine, to which he c...

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...

CSI, the Detective Genre, and "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe

This paper examines how crime scene investigations and the detective fiction genre (particularly Sherlock Holmes) are attributed t...

"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

This essay provides an analysis of "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe. Three pages in length, four sources are cited. ...

'Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe and Irony

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

His Work Plus His Life Equal Edgar Allan Poe

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

'Annabel Lee' by Edgar Allan Poe

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

'The Cask of Amontillado' Fiction and the Real Life of Edgar Allan Poe

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

Theme of Revenge in 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

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

Short Stories by Jack London and Edgar Allan Poe on Death

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...

Psychoanalyzing the Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

modern Gothic writing lies with his ability to create a variety of forms of symbolist terror, using new structures and creating ne...

Open Ended Revenge in 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

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

Intellectual Infatuation in 'Murders in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe

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

'Never Bet the Devil Your Head' by Edgar Allan Poe

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

Gothic Stories by Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery O'Connor

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

Femininity in 'My Visitation' by Rose Terry Cooke and 'Ligeia' by Edgar Allan Poe

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

'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...

'The Pit and the Pendulum' by Edgar Allan Poe

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

Overview of Edgar Allan Poe

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...

'Murder in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe and Satirical Humor

In five pages this paper examines how Poe employed satirical humor regarding art and science in this famous short story. Five sou...

'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

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

Ancient Greek Literature Compared with the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe

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

Satire Used by Edgar Allan Poe in 'The Spectacles'

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

'The Purloined Letter' by Edgar Allan Poe

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

Edgar Allan Poe versus Arthur Conan Doyle

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...