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Essays 31 - 60
that it was like an "after-dream of the reveller upon opium...an iciness, a sinking a sickening of the heart" (Fall of the House.....
good education, he was dismissed after just one year at the university because of his drinking and gambling (Edgar...Shadow). Back...
- Chapter 4 - The Romantic Period, 1820-1860: Fiction). Poe seemed to regard society and the Industrial Revolution in particular ...
all his days. This appears to be true as Montressor is compulsively confessing his evil fifty years later. Other critics agree t...
of life and death. Poe was considered a pioneer in his quest to ascertain the inner workings of the sinister mind. A good...
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...
stupor, Montressor begins to wall him in...alive. As Fortunato begins to sober up and realize what is going on he begins to scream...
grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...
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...
anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...
In three pages a consideration of the short stories 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Imp of the Perverse,' and 'Ligeia' reve...
close to his sister, one has to contemplate the possibility of incest which adds to the seductiveness that many authors attribute ...
In 7 pages this paper examines how the 'double' or Doppelganger theme is featured in the Edgar Allan Poe stories William Wilson, '...
In ten pages the ways in which Poe contributed to the gothic literary genre establishment is considered in an analysis of 'The Cas...
In five pages this paper examines the motifs Edgar Allan Poe frequently used in this analysis of the short stories 'The Black Cat'...
manages to resurrect herself momentarily from her entombment before falling dead upon her brother, causing his death also. The hou...
indicates, be associated "with the sentimental writers of his time and earlier." When a reader stops to consider how much death is...
33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...
(Silverman, 76). In a surprisingly large number of Poes stories, the revenant theme is coupled with some sense of a double -- two...
attraction of this fashions house has been its history, and the way that it may be seen as being one of the most influential fashi...
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 compares Poe's 'The Purloined Letter' and 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' with Doyle's 'The Adventure of t...
decline, from onset to death, takes but "half an hour" (Poe). In the face of this overwhelming specter of death, Prince Prospero i...
A 5 page analysis of language elements in the classic tale by Edgar Alan Poe. The author highlights setting, theme, imagery and p...
The writer looks at the way social housing provides affordable housing in the rental market. Despite arguments that the policies ...
Psychosexual Development or Eriksons Stages of Psychosocial Development. Since Erikson is more compressive in terms of early exper...
In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...
combination that seemed to be excluded was "gothic romances." According to Alexander (1971), the reasons why Poe should be cons...
In five pages Poe's short story is subjected to a psychological analysis that contends Poe related the many deaths that surrounded...
and symbolic value. The novel tells the story of a British military officer, Charles Ryder, who in the course of his military duty...