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Essays 91 - 120
of the protagonist that Poe sets up the terror inherent in the story. The sheer madness of his thought processes are chilling, bu...
good education, he was dismissed after just one year at the university because of his drinking and gambling (Edgar...Shadow). Back...
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 the ways in which the detective literary genre was standardized by Poe's 'The Purloined Letter,' 'The Mystery of Mar...
that "justice" was being defined since 9/11 appears to equate it with vengeance. A headline in the November 16th edition of the ...
of life and death. Poe was considered a pioneer in his quest to ascertain the inner workings of the sinister mind. A good...
In three pages a consideration of the short stories 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Imp of the Perverse,' and 'Ligeia' reve...
In ten pages this research paper provides a biographical sketch of Edgar Allan Poe along with critical assessment but the central ...
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 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...
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 paper considers the life of Poe as an insightful backdrop to a consideration of the author's employment of mela...
In five pages this paper examines the motifs Edgar Allan Poe frequently used in this analysis of the short stories 'The Black Cat'...
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...
In ten pages this paper considers how Poe's fascination with morbidity may have been due to losing so many female relatives includ...
In seven pages interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death' short story are presented by a comparative analy...
won, beating out a number of well-known short story writers. Poe needed money badly, and decided to embark on a side career as a s...
In ten pages the ways in which Poe contributed to the gothic literary genre establishment is considered in an analysis of 'The Cas...
In seven pages Poe's life and works are examined with a focus on the theme, symbolism, and meaning of 'The Tell Tale Heart.' Six ...
to kill, the speaker insists on frequently and rather adamantly reminding us that he is not mad. As the story reads on, I found m...
This essay pertains to Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" and offers analysis. Three pages in length, one source is cited. ...
This essay provides an analysis of "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe. Three pages in length, four sources are cited. ...
Psychosexual Development or Eriksons Stages of Psychosocial Development. Since Erikson is more compressive in terms of early exper...
of his life concerns his apparent alcoholism. There is, however, a great deal of speculation that he was not an alcoholic but rath...
1836 he married Virginia Clemm, his 13-year old cousin and went to Philadelphia to edit Burtons Gentlemans Magazine, to which he c...
as having "fungi" overspreading "the whole exterior," hanging "in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves" (Poe "Fall"). As this su...
early years were relatively chaotic, as one would expect. He went to the University of Virginia but was kicked out because of the ...
once per hour The revelers are visibly agitated each time the clock becoming disconcerted and tremulous (Poe). The rooms, like the...
This paper examines how crime scene investigations and the detective fiction genre (particularly Sherlock Holmes) are attributed t...
before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers, of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph" (Poe). ...