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    Journal Entry Five: Poe ’s Tell-Tale Heart is written through the eyes of a madman who appears to have lost some of his marbles‚ yet is extremely calculated in his actions. Is the narrator reliable? What does the beating of the heart represent? Also‚ what is the climax of this story: the murder of the old man or the madman ’s confession? Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart pp. 702-05 The short story “Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe was excellent and brilliant. Poe takes a man who thinks

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    When I was revising my flash fiction‚ I wanted to bring a little more of the Eger Allen Poe style of writing. To bring out my inner Poe‚ I used a lot of vivid words on how the killer was being killed “As he begins the long process of killing her‚ he takes delight in the whimpering pitiful sound she makes as he ties her up. With those big watery blue piercing eyes just like Abigail’s‚ are looking at him in utter terror‚ knowing she will never get out of his handing work‚ being at his mercy she is

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    Edgar Allan Poe lived during the literary and musical Romantic Era‚ where intense emotions were the focus of both media. Yet‚ composers borrowed heavily from their poetic counterparts‚ “Song composers would interpret a poem‚ translating its mood‚ atmosphere‚ and imagery into music. They created a vocal melody that was musically satisfying and perfectly molded to the text. Important words were emphasized by stressed tones or melodic climaxes.” (Kamien 217). Even today‚ we still see many songwriters

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    and thus rid myself of the eye forever”(Poe 1). In Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell-Tale-Heart‚ a caretaker for an elderly man decides to take the life away from the man due to an absurd reason‚ one eye of the old man resembled a vulture‚ making the narrator uneasy. The story was written in the mid 1800’s by Edgar Allen Poe‚ who lived an interesting‚ and melancholy life that began in his early childhood. His father left the family when Poe was first born‚ and Poe became an orphan shortly after at age three

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    as relationships‚ a man and his morals‚ and even his will to live. With this topic in mind and through various symbols‚ Poe shows the reader‚ man’s plight against sin and how it can torment him to the point of breaking. In this thrilling insight to the interesting mind of Poe we see how a man can win against his naturally desire to fall into temptation. I believe that when Poe was writing this story he was searching his soul. He wanted to finding that higher power to give him peace. He also wanted

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    BACKGROUND INFO AUTHOR BIO Full Name: Edgar Poe Pen Name: Edgar Allen Poe Date of Birth: January 19‚ 1809 Place of Birth: Boston‚ Massachusetts Date of Death: October 7‚ 1849 Brief Life Story: Poe was orphaned at a young age and fostered by the Allans‚ and grew up with them in Virginia. After dropping out of university and the army‚ he became one of the first writers of the time to make a living from publishing his work‚ but he had much financial and mental difficulty throughout his life.

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    The Autobiographical Elements in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe "There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportions" (Biography on Poe 8). Edgar Alan Poe endured a very difficult life and this is evident in his literary style. He was once titled the "master of the macabre." One of the aspects in his life with which he struggled was social isolation. He used this as a topic in a number of poems and short stories. Poe’s life was also filled with periods of fear and irrationality

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    Berlioz‚ Goya and Poe: The dark side of the Romanticism movement The Industrial Revolution changed not only the way that the world functioned in its day to day proceedings‚ but it also inspired a new wave of creativity in art‚ music‚ and literature. This new wave ignited a yearning not only in those who created the works‚ but also in those that were inspired by the works themselves. The works that were classified as part of the Romanticism movement contained a combination of seven various aspects

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    emotion‚ nature‚ the individual‚ and the unusual. Edgar Allen Poe definitely fits the role of a Brooding Romantic and is placed among many of the most prominent writers of all time. The Raven‚ one of Poe’s most popular poems‚ shows a raven’s ominous visit to an afflicted‚ unnamed narrator. The theme of The Raven is gloom‚ because of the character’s mourning for his significant other and because that is what the raven represents. In The Raven‚ Edgar Allen Poe uses imagery and consonance to portray the immeasurable

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    Edgar Allan Poe‚ reputed as the father of American short stories‚ is a poet‚ writer and literary critic of nineteenth century. His works‚ most of which explore the dark side of consciousness and subconsciousness of human beings‚ was well-known for horror and mystery. "The Black Cat" is one of Poe’s masterpieces. It depicts love‚ hatred and fear between men through the narration of the changing relationship between a mentally abnormal man and a black cat. Loneliness‚ death‚ torture and abnormal psychology

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