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    Dark Romanticisms is exploring the inner working of the mind‚ shadowy approach to the fantastical while containing gloomy‚ evil‚ and sinful scenes in poems such as “Black Cat”‚ “Ambitious Guest”‚ and “Dream-Land”. Dark Romanticisms is a writing period from 1800 to 1860. Horrific themes‚ psychological effects of guilt and sin‚ and creepy symbols are elements founded in dark romanticisms. There are three writers that define dark romanticisms‚ Edgar Allen Poe‚ Nathaniel Hawthorn‚ and Herman Melville

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    “The Tell-Tale Heart” is one of the many famous short stories written by Edgar Allan Poe. It portrays the characteristics of Dark Romanticism. The stories of this kind mainly focus on the darker side of the human spirit and often deal with emotions like depression and grief. The Dark Romantic Movement is based on the notion of self- destruction and original sin. This concept describes that mankind is capable of doing evil deeds and the thirst of revenge can be brutal. In context to The Tell-Tale

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    warning‚ but the plea was silenced quickly by a storm of noise. Laughter overpowered the jukebox and conversations twirled in a dirty cloud of smoke. A sharp smell of drink wafted towards him‚ like black plumes bellowing from the windows of a burning house. Moments later‚ Steve sat down at the counter‚ and drank his Jack Daniels. He felt as if he should reveal his thoughts‚ but no one was listening. Finishing his drink‚ Steve got up and decided

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    In “The Cask of Amontillado” he writes about the coat of arms for the house Montresor. He describes it as “A huge human foot d’or‚ in a field azure‚ the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.” (Poe 99). This image is underscored with the inscription of the family motto‚ "nemo me impune lacessit

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    “but once conceived‚ it haunted me day and night” (Poe‚ 1) shows that the narrator seems to be in a state mental anguish‚ and that justifies paranoia. A sense of mental anguish is also evident in also evident as the narrator is stuck in the old man’s house and he panics. He talks about the man’s heartbeat that could have been heard by his neighbor. This mental weakness is also evident in the case where the narrator has killed the old man‚ and he is getting paranoid and hears imaginary heartbeats of the

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    narrative audience. (Wikipedia). In the story “Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ the unreliable narrator describes his story about an old man that he stalks. He talks about his “healthy” obsession of at every day of the week going to the old man’s house at twelve am and stalking him. The unreliable narrator definitely is the most important part of Poe’s writing. This is because of how the whole story could not be formed well without it‚ There would be no humor of how mad the character is. There would

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    In Edgar Allen Poe’s "The Tell-Tale Heart" the man hated the old mans eye so he killed him. Every night he would sneak into the old mans room. One night the old man woke up and was scared. The boy heard his heart beating and got angry when he seen the old mans eye. He killed him just because he seen his eye so I think he should go into a mental hospital. He pulled the bed up and over the old man and smothered him. He held it there for a while to make sure. He pulled the bed off and felt for

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    story. He shows signs of having referential delusions. Referential delusions are a state of mind where a person believes that certain gestures of actions are specifically directed at him or her. This is seen when he is talking to the policemen in his house after he has killed and hid the old

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    The Monkey’s Paw is a supernatural‚ fiction‚ short story by William Wymark Jacobs‚ a full-time writer from the 1900s. He is best known for this story as it is described as a "horror classic". In this story‚ the indirect theme is that if you try to meddle with your fate‚ your fate will meddle with you. The author thoroughly describes some general elements from short stories more specifically. That results in us knowing the setting‚ plot development‚ and conflict of this story quite easily

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    Symbolism in Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Black Cat"   	In Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Black Cat‚" symbolism is used to show the narrator’s capacity for violence‚ madness‚ and guilt. "The Black Cat‚" written by Edgar Allan Poe serves as a reminder for all of us. The Capacity for violence and horror lies within each of us‚ no matter how docile and humane our disposition might appear. In this story‚ the narrator portrays a man who is fond of animals‚ had a tender

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