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"loved the old man" and had "no desire" for his gold (Poe "Tell-Tale Heart"). Why then, did he become obsessed with the idea of mu...

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 ...

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...

types of decaying vegetation. The vegetation even permeates the external nooks and crannies of the house itself in the form of a ...

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

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

was paramount to understanding many of his stories and aspects of the life of Poe are often mirrored within the narrators of his s...

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

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...

of his contemporaries, [Poe] refused to soften or idealize mortality and kept its essential horror in view But what is the "essen...

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

the other until, in the end, exhaustion overcomes it. We see this not only in Maggie herself, but in Skipper and Brick, and the in...

can one accept that time runs out and that everyone will die someday? After all, time is of the essence. How does one love, be hap...

In five pages this paper examines how American literature evolved from he colonial times of Jonathan Edwards, John Winthrop, Benja...

In ten pages this research paper provides a biographical sketch of Edgar Allan Poe along with critical assessment but the central ...

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

In five pages 'reader response theory' is applied to this famous short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Four sources are cited in the bi...

Using these two authors as our information base, we might say that one, in light of our life today, chose an unrealistic goal. The...

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

In three pages a consideration of the short stories 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Imp of the Perverse,' and 'Ligeia' reve...

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

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

In five pages this paper examines the motifs Edgar Allan Poe frequently used in this analysis of the short stories 'The Black Cat'...

In five pages this paper examines the detective story as it relates to the life of its author Edgar Allan Poe. Nine sources are c...

In five pages this paper discusses how the crime fiction literary genre developed throughout the late 19th and early 20th centurie...

In five pages this paper examines how the death theme predominates in the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Lydia Huntle...