YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Gothic Stories by Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery OConnor
Essays 151 - 180
wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...
1836 he married Virginia Clemm, his 13-year old cousin and went to Philadelphia to edit Burtons Gentlemans Magazine, to which he c...
once per hour The revelers are visibly agitated each time the clock becoming disconcerted and tremulous (Poe). The rooms, like the...
increasing his sense of dysfunction. He would often turned to it in times of stress and depression and Poe would likely feel his i...
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...
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...
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...
had "hastened his wifes death to write the poem" (Allen 3). The poem itself is obviously one which revolves around a woman who the...
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...
live. "In this theory, Madeline and Roderick (who are twins) represent the unconscious and the conscious, and when Roderick denies...
brother and sister, were split, with Edgar being taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Poe Chronology). His sister,...
of life and death. Poe was considered a pioneer in his quest to ascertain the inner workings of the sinister mind. A good...
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 ...
1). Using this metaphor, he goes on to say that Science "alterest all things with thy peering eyes," which preys upon his poets h...
In an overview consisting of four pages various aspects of Poe's life are related to his works in what is less an analysis than a ...
In five pages Poe's detective tale is examined in terms of the protagonist's superior class attitudes that are revealed when he in...
of similar words and create definitive alliteration that supports the flow of the work. Alliteration of the words "love" and "li...
In seven pages this poetic explication reveals how Poe was able to achieve his morbid atmosphere through the literary elements of ...
This paper consisting of six pages examines the grotesque implications of what the writer describes as a 'poetic tragedy' in this ...
In six pages the ways in which Poe's poems 'Lenore,' 'The Raven,' 'Annabel Lee,' and 'To Helen' are influenced by the deaths of th...
In two pages this essay examines how the structural collapse of the house in Poe's short story represents the collapse of the fami...
In five pages Poe's short story is subjected to a psychological analysis that contends Poe related the many deaths that surrounded...
In ten pages this paper considers how Poe's fascination with morbidity may have been due to losing so many female relatives includ...
In ten pages this paper considers the speculation surrounding Poe's death and concludes that his premature passing may have been t...