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tales. While "The Oval Portrait" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are distinctive in setting they share certain simil...

for him, lift his spirits, and perhaps bring him a bit of distraction and joy as he descends. This narrator is very powerful and...

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...

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

1). Using this metaphor, he goes on to say that Science "alterest all things with thy peering eyes," which preys upon his poets h...

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

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

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...

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

This paper examines how crime scene investigations and the detective fiction genre (particularly Sherlock Holmes) are attributed t...

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

had "hastened his wifes death to write the poem" (Allen 3). The poem itself is obviously one which revolves around a woman who the...

stories(Rollason, 1988). There is, of course, the same typical Poe elements, the triumph of rational reasoning, the superiority ...

himself to be a poet at heart (An Analysis of A Valentine, 2002). Although he wrote all kinds of literature, poetry was his favor...

In five pages the ways in which the detective literary genre was standardized by Poe's 'The Purloined Letter,' 'The Mystery of Mar...

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

In five pages 'The Raven' is subjected to a poetic explication and a thesis that Poe's life is reflected in this haunting poem. T...

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

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

official. The letter has been stolen, and the police feel that they know who stole it -- a man who is referred to as "Minister D" ...

In five pages this essay discusses the supernatural and psychological narratives that are featured in Poe's short story 'The Black...

In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...

In five pages this paper examines how Poe employed satirical humor regarding art and science in this famous short story. Five sou...

In five pages the representation of the author in this short story is considered with an analysis of the story's plot, setting, ch...

In five pages these short stories are compared and contrasted in terms of how femininity is thematically portrayed in each. There...

In 5 pages this paper analyzes the ways in which Poe satirizes transcendentalism in this story. There are 6 sources cited in the ...

In a paper consisting of 6 pages this important writer of the 19th century is examined in an overview of his life and works with i...

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

"what the character thinks the truth is, as revealed in speech or action, and what an audience or reader knows the truth to be." ...

In five pages the ways in which Poe's internal struggles and private thoughts are revealed in his writings are examined. Six sour...