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In five pages this 1839 tale is revealed to represent many of the experiences and attitudes of the author. Five sources are cited...

In three pages a synopsis of this famous short story by Edgar Allan Poe is presented. There are no other sources cited....

the "ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies" (Poe 24). This seems to indicate a dark illusion tha...

won, beating out a number of well-known short story writers. Poe needed money badly, and decided to embark on a side career as a s...

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

Poe and his short story are considered in a paper consisting of five pages. There is one other source cited in the bibliography....

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

In six pages the emotional undercurrent that pervades this horrific short story by Edgar Allan Poe is examined. Three sources are...

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...

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

knowledge and, occasionally, pronounced comatose or unconscious patients as dead (Premature Burial). There were documented instanc...

that "The Cask of Amontillado" centers more around the theme of revenge than do any of Poes gruesome works. "The Cask of Amontill...

nature of the protagonists soul, as it has perceived injuries made to it. Poe builds on the potential success of his trap by disc...

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

an ever-present element in "The Cask of Amontillado", Poe manages to keep it just below the surface of the plot until that final ...

In a research study on the factors which lead to acts of revenge, University of Arkansas psychologists tested a number of voluntee...

stupor, Montressor begins to wall him in...alive. As Fortunato begins to sober up and realize what is going on he begins to scream...

In 7 pages this paper examines how the 'double' or Doppelganger theme is featured in the Edgar Allan Poe stories William Wilson, '...

anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...

In six pages this paper discusses how Edgar Allan Poe's obsession with young women dying was due to the premature death of his wif...

In eleven pages Poe's writings are interpreted in terms of its representation of conflict as well as pastoral with such works as '...

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

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...

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

indicates, be associated "with the sentimental writers of his time and earlier." When a reader stops to consider how much death is...

that it was like an "after-dream of the reveller upon opium...an iciness, a sinking a sickening of the heart" (Fall of the House.....

In ten pages the ways in which Poe contributed to the gothic literary genre establishment is considered in an analysis of 'The Cas...

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...