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Essays 151 - 180
My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions. I was especially fond of animals, and was ...
the age of 24 left her son with deep emotional wounds that never completely healed. It is believed that there is a little of Eliz...
In a research study on the factors which lead to acts of revenge, University of Arkansas psychologists tested a number of voluntee...
revenge" (Poe 280). Because Fortunato regarded himself as a most knowledgeable wine connoisseur, Montresor schemed to get him dow...
he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utte...
not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...
had "hastened his wifes death to write the poem" (Allen 3). The poem itself is obviously one which revolves around a woman who the...
or they commit murder and allow us to watch, as is the case in "The Tell-Tale Heart." Its always tempting, in a first-person nar...
increasing his sense of dysfunction. He would often turned to it in times of stress and depression and Poe would likely feel his i...
1). Using this metaphor, he goes on to say that Science "alterest all things with thy peering eyes," which preys upon his poets h...
This 4 page paper discusses four of E.A. Poe's short stories, and critical reaction to his work. Bibliography lists 6 sources....
In seven pages this paper discusses how Poe's real life experiences can be connected to the short story 'The Cask of Amontillado.'...
In 3 pages the author's employment of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony in this short story is analyzed. There are 2 source...
In five pages the ways in which Poe's internal struggles and private thoughts are revealed in his writings are examined. Six sour...
In six pages an explication of 'Annabel Lee' considers how the rhythm of the rhyme, word repetition, and setting/imagery articulat...
In five pages this 1839 tale is revealed to represent many of the experiences and attitudes of the author. Five sources are cited...
modern Gothic writing lies with his ability to create a variety of forms of symbolist terror, using new structures and creating ne...
"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 revenge theme is developed in this short story and how whether or not it was Fortunato ...
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...
In five pages this paper considers the life of Poe as an insightful backdrop to a consideration of the author's employment of mela...
precipitates her husbands horrific discovery and subsequent madness" (Frushell 18). That Ligeia represents everlasting love not o...
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 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 two pages this essay examines how the structural collapse of the house in Poe's short story represents the collapse of the fami...
In ten pages this paper considers the speculation surrounding Poe's death and concludes that his premature passing may have been t...