How Does Edgar Allan Poe Use Figurative Language
Poe use's private thoughts, action, personification and symbolism to create the theme. According to paragraph number 11, it states "I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die!...". In other words, the narrator felt the agony that was being placed on him by the noises he was hearing. Another example of an indirect characterization is action. According to paragraph number 8, it states, "In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him". This describes how the narrator killed the old man and how it did not vex him. For figurative language, it consisted of personification and symbolism. According to paragraph number 6, it states, "All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had
stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim". In other words, the narrator is expressing himself as death, he is stalking the old man in the dark. According to paragraph number 8, it states "Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased". The heart is symbolic as it represents the narrator's guilt. Poe used private thoughts and action as an indirect characterization to creating the theme. In private thoughts, the narrator's thinking led him to confess his crime, one which he believed he could get away without any consequences. The action consisted of the narrator killing the old man. Poe also used figurative languages such as personification and symbolism. In personification Poe is describing the narrator to death and that the old man is not far from dying. The heart which is symbolic, after killing the old man, his heart beat grew, expressing the narrator's guilt. Later on, the narrator confesses his crime demonstrating to the reader humans are not capable of enduring guilt. The theme was created using indirect characterization and figurative language.
stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim". In other words, the narrator is expressing himself as death, he is stalking the old man in the dark. According to paragraph number 8, it states "Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased". The heart is symbolic as it represents the narrator's guilt. Poe used private thoughts and action as an indirect characterization to creating the theme. In private thoughts, the narrator's thinking led him to confess his crime, one which he believed he could get away without any consequences. The action consisted of the narrator killing the old man. Poe also used figurative languages such as personification and symbolism. In personification Poe is describing the narrator to death and that the old man is not far from dying. The heart which is symbolic, after killing the old man, his heart beat grew, expressing the narrator's guilt. Later on, the narrator confesses his crime demonstrating to the reader humans are not capable of enduring guilt. The theme was created using indirect characterization and figurative language.