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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" ...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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 discusses how Poe expertly employed satire in a mocking of romantic conventions in 'The Spectacles' short...

the mind of a murderer, who casually confesses to his crime to an unnamed acquaintance some fifty years after the fact. The narra...

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 five pages this essay examines how Poe's combination of detail and manipulated point of view constructs a compelling psychologi...

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

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...

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

brother and sister, were split, with Edgar being taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Poe Chronology). His sister,...

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

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...

deed, he nevertheless is overcome by his guilt which seems to lead him to insanity. He begins the story however by not denying his...

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

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

revenge" (Poe 280). Because Fortunato regarded himself as a most knowledgeable wine connoisseur, Montresor schemed to get him dow...

not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...

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

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...

My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions. I was especially fond of animals, and was ...

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