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    onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ and repetition. “Annabel Lee” was written by Edgar Allen Poe who was born in 1904 and passed away in 1949 . This poem shows that Edgar Allen Poe had great literary success but he suffered many personal losses in his life. In the poem the author uses repetition as his sound device. In the poem he states “In a kingdom by the sea” in lines 2‚ 8‚ 14‚ and 20. The speaker which is Edgar Allen Poe is mourning the death of the women who he loves so dearly. He states that

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    drag you into another life? or Would you like to torture something? Maybe‚ life will make you some errors and you will accompany it or you will make your own way. Edgar Allan Poe narrates a situation in which making dilemma and concluding murder‚ feeling of guilty‚ and addiction in his story Black Cat. Edgar Allan Poe‚ (born January 19‚ 1809 – October 7‚ 1849) was an American author poet‚ editor and literary critic‚ considered part of the American Romantic Movement. He was 34

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    Edgar Allen Poe Tough Life Edgar Allen Poe was born in “Boston‚ MA on Jan 19 1809”(Edgar Allan Poe). “Edgar Allan Poe’s dad left him and his mom”(Edgar Allen Poe).  “When he was only three his mom died of tuberculosis”(Edgar Allen Poe). “Edgar Allen Poe was separated from his brother and sister and was forced to move to John and Frances Allen’s house‚ John and Frances were his uncle and aunt”.(Edgar Allen Poe). This is more than likely what motivated Edgar Allen Poe to become a writer. Even though

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    Edgar Allan Poe – The Black Cat Most of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories and poems all contain similar topics. The work of Poe that we will be focusing on in this essay is ‘The Black Cat’. This story portrays the distinctive Poe elements of death/murder‚ alcoholism‚ entombment‚ death of a loved one and hints of madness in the first person narration. In the following paragraphs these factors will be described using quotes and phrases from the tale. The prevalence of alcoholism is evident in the

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    as I could‚ when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge” (Poe 157). The theme of revenge continues throughout the story‚ and Montresor feeds his will of vengeance by comparing his life to Fortunato’s as he clearly states: “You are rich‚ respected‚ admired‚ beloved; you are

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    Edgar Allan Poe has written countless popular horror stories and poems that have fascinated readers with strange and eerie ideas. "The Cask of Amontillado‚" by Edgar Allan Poe is a classic Horror story set in Italy in the 1900s. It is a story about a man‚ Montresor‚ who buries his friend‚ Fortunato‚ alive in the catacombs underneath his home‚ as told by the murderer. "The Cask of Amontillado" is a well-known story that has been used in television‚ film‚ music‚ and video games. According to David

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    characters as Dr. Frankenstein’s monster and Count Dracula‚ two current pop culture horror characters who evolve from the gothic traditions. Published mainly in the 1830s and 1840s‚ the stories of Edgar Allan Poe have come to represent the height of 19th century tales of the macabre. One of the American Romantics‚ Poe showed an interest in the power of emotions. Some of his most prevalent elements can be seen

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    Edgar Allan Poe was an American author in the American Romantic Movement. Poe is most famous for his grim short stories of mystery‚ which led him to be considered to be the inventor of detective-fiction genres. As a child‚ Poe has what some may call a sad life. Poe was the middle of three children. When Poe was young‚ his father abandoned the family and shortly after Poe’s mother died. He was then orphaned and taken in‚ but never officially adopted‚ by a family in Richmond‚ VA. As a child Poe had

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    of Amontillado‚” Edgar Allan Poe uses every possible type of irony to create a chilling tale of a man being chained and left to die in a catacomb. In “The Necklace‚” Guy de Maupassant also uses different types of irony to create an unfortunate tale about Madame Mathilde Loisel who has to give up her comfortable life in order to work for a necklace that turned out to be a fake. Throughout each story‚ examples of verbal‚ situational‚ and dramatic irony can be found. Edgar Allan Poe‚ who wrote “The Cask

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    The main character in “The Black Cat “by Edgar Allen Poe‚ is also the narrator of the story since it is told in first person point of view. He represents a man who has lost everything due to drinking‚ although one thing stays with him all the way through‚ his guilt. Guilt never leaves you no matter how much you try to make it. His drinking and his growing insanity only cause more pain to himself and to others. By the end of this analysis‚ you will know how the narrator’s never-ending guilt affected

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