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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 ...

precipitates her husbands horrific discovery and subsequent madness" (Frushell 18). That Ligeia represents everlasting love not o...

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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

of life and death. Poe was considered a pioneer in his quest to ascertain the inner workings of the sinister mind. A good...

of the protagonist that Poe sets up the terror inherent in the story. The sheer madness of his thought processes are chilling, bu...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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" ...

Poe and his short story are considered in a paper consisting of five pages. There is one other source cited in the bibliography....

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...

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

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...