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talk that he had "hastened his wifes death to write the poem" (Allen 3). There can be little doubt that the poem itself is obvi...

healthily, how calmly, I can tell you the whole story" (Poe NA). The narrator immediately informs us that something horrible and...

ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...

of his life concerns his apparent alcoholism. There is, however, a great deal of speculation that he was not an alcoholic but rath...

his murder: he piles the bones against the wall and leaves the chamber, leaving the now-quiet Fortunato to die (Poe). He says "For...

any particular theme, any symbolic reference, other than the story itself. It is a poem that clearly reflects the work of ...

but was kicked out due to his gambling debts (Liukkonen). As a result, John Allan would disown him (Liukkonen). It was in 1826 tha...

WILL you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them" (Poe). He describes himself as "v...

at 4 a.m., his guilty conscience elicits the narrators confession. Is this an example of another Poe murder mystery or does it re...

as having "fungi" overspreading "the whole exterior," hanging "in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves" (Poe "Fall"). As this su...

early years were relatively chaotic, as one would expect. He went to the University of Virginia but was kicked out because of the ...

he so closely identifies with him, which is precisely Poes point-the narrators is not normal, but is quite insane. The point of ...

The use of irony by Burgess in his novel is the focus of this paper consisting of five pages and includes the impact of dramatic a...

In an overview consisting of four pages various aspects of Poe's life are related to his works in what is less an analysis than a ...

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

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 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...

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

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

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

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 seven pages Poe's life and works are examined with a focus on the theme, symbolism, and meaning of 'The Tell Tale Heart.' Six ...