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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...
precipitates her husbands horrific discovery and subsequent madness" (Frushell 18). That Ligeia represents everlasting love not o...
In seven pages this paper examines how the revenge theme is developed in this short story and how whether or not it was Fortunato ...
the "ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies" (Poe 24). This seems to indicate a dark illusion tha...
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 the speculation surrounding Poe's death and concludes that his premature passing may have been t...
In six pages this short story is analyzed in terms of male bonding and how the relationship between the men changes throughout the...
In seven pages the theme of revenge as depicted in this short story is analyzed as the author's personal commentary attacking the ...
In six pages this essay considers Montressor's revenge against Fortunato and ponders whether or not he ever feels guilty or remors...
In five pages Poe's short story is analyzed in terms of the author's masterful point of view usage. There are no other sources li...
revenge" (Poe 280). Because Fortunato regarded himself as a most knowledgeable wine connoisseur, Montresor schemed to get him dow...
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 ...
the mind of a murderer, who casually confesses to his crime to an unnamed acquaintance some fifty years after the fact. The narra...
live. "In this theory, Madeline and Roderick (who are twins) represent the unconscious and the conscious, and when Roderick denies...
The morbid tale of revenge of "The Cask of Amontillado" is carefully depicted with crypt like wine vaults which eventually entomb ...
was paramount to understanding many of his stories and aspects of the life of Poe are often mirrored within the narrators of his s...
deed, he nevertheless is overcome by his guilt which seems to lead him to insanity. He begins the story however by not denying his...
his attire was a bit gaudy for a man of his social position. I have long suspected that Montresor and Fortunato were jealous of ...
any particular theme, any symbolic reference, other than the story itself. It is a poem that clearly reflects the work of ...
Are the descriptions of the narrator reliable or do they represent hallucinations brought on by a deteriorating mental state? In ...
Psychosexual Development or Eriksons Stages of Psychosocial Development. Since Erikson is more compressive in terms of early exper...
combination that seemed to be excluded was "gothic romances." According to Alexander (1971), the reasons why Poe should be cons...
death. Not simply because death equates with grief, but there is also the element of terror, the fear of a small child at the loss...
a child and she was a child/In this kingdom by the sea" (lines 7-8). These lines, as do the opening lines of the poem, establish a...
In six pages this paper discusses how Edgar Allan Poe's obsession with young women dying was due to the premature death of his wif...
Psalm of Life" and Edgar Allan Poes "Sonnet-To Science" address the way that each poet perceived life and the reality of their era...
did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...
work following the writing will also help ensure all points have been added and may trigger some more ideas. Once the work is wr...