Category: Edgar Allan Poe
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“Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe
In 19th century American literature, Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) took his rightful place as a writer and poet, whose works became the first examples of American national literature. Edgar’s endeavor played a significant role in world literature: he stands at the origins of the poetry of symbolism, detective, and science fiction prose. To…
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Symbols in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”
Poe’s short stories are widely known for the mystery and horror they hide. Being famous as an inventor of the detective genre, the writer filled his narrations with seemingly minute details that turned out to have had substantial importance in the end. “The Tell-Tale Heart” is one of the most famous stories in Poe’s legacy,…
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The Short Story “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe: Reliability of the Narrator
After finishing the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, the reader may be left wondering about the validity of the events that took place during the narration. That hypothesis can only be tested through the assessment of clues that Poe leaves for the reader throughout the tale. It…
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“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe Analysis
The Tell-Tale Heart is one of Edgar Allan Poe’s scary stories. The story is told on behalf of an unnamed narrator who killed an older man with whom he lived under the same roof. The narrator insists on his sanity, explaining the crime by saying that the old man had an evil white eye, the…
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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”
Edgar Allan Poe is a well-known master of macabre stories, saturated with Gothic atmosphere, madness, and decay. One example is “The Tell-Tale Heart,” similar to other authors’ works, such as “The Black Cat,” because of the murder and concealment motif. However, the story is distinctive insomuch as the wrongdoer is a vague silhouette. Not a…
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“Cask of the Amontillado” a Story by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Poe’s short story The Cask of Amontillado illustrates some of the main techniques developed by this author in order to create a sense of suspense that engages the readers. In this case, much attention should be paid to the use of foreshadowing and irony. They are particularly relevant when Poe depicts the conversation between…
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Strong Moral Principles in “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe
Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction Edgar Allan Poe is an American poet, novelist, critic, creator of the horror novel genre, and “the moral anarchist.” It is essential to note that his work and creativity are associated mainly with the opposition of repulsive, crude reality and the romantic ideal of beauty, ethics, and…
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Contrasts and Details of “The Cask of Amontillado“ by Edgar Allan Poe
Table of Contents Introduction Plot Summary Setting, Genre, Tone, and Style Conflict Themes Conclusion References Introduction Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” was first published in 1846, and it is widely recognized today as the best or one of the best short stories written by the author. It contains a story of revenge taken…
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Analysis of Stories: The Gold-bug and Other by Edgar Allan Poe and In Our Time by Ernst Hemingway
The concept of foreign or foreigner in story writing does not merely mean one person living abroad away from home. The idea of alien or foreigner in comprehends the tone of narrators when they tell the story of characters whose surroundings including objects are unfamiliar. Being foreigner or in foreign means that the character is…
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Edgar Allan Poe’s Literature Analysis
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American novelist, poet, literary critic, and editor who represented American romanticism, the forerunner of symbolism and decadence. When “with the help of some money raised by his West Point friends, he published Poems by Edgar A. Poe,” he became widely known (May 2010,…