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increasing his sense of dysfunction. He would often turned to it in times of stress and depression and Poe would likely feel his i...

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...

This 4 page paper discusses four of E.A. Poe's short stories, and critical reaction to his work. Bibliography lists 6 sources....

manages to resurrect herself momentarily from her entombment before falling dead upon her brother, causing his death also. The hou...

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...

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

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...

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...

good education, he was dismissed after just one year at the university because of his drinking and gambling (Edgar...Shadow). Back...

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

live. "In this theory, Madeline and Roderick (who are twins) represent the unconscious and the conscious, and when Roderick denies...

of the protagonist that Poe sets up the terror inherent in the story. The sheer madness of his thought processes are chilling, bu...

like Poe: "TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad?" (Poe NA). The narr...

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...

of life and death. Poe was considered a pioneer in his quest to ascertain the inner workings of the sinister mind. A good...

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

- Chapter 4 - The Romantic Period, 1820-1860: Fiction). Poe seemed to regard society and the Industrial Revolution in particular ...

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...

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

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

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

limited means to make a living. The fires he sets may be construed as the rage that burns inside of him. This arsonist is continua...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

and we do see a wonderful complexity that is both subtle and descriptive. We see this in the opening sentence, which is seems to b...

It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...

kills them when hes trying to pet them, not realizing his own strength. His strength, in fact, is his downfall - when he first mee...