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    intently harm other creatures or people and enjoy the process of doing so. This tendency which Poe himself called “the spirit of perverseness”(Poe 10) in The Black Cat is described as the need to cause pain to other being without any reason‚ evil per se. However‚ from a psychological point of view‚ this spirit of perverseness would be labeled as sadism and its source may be traced by making a deep analysis of the character’s psyche. It will be posed that the character participant narrator in the tell-tale

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    Perhaps the perfect example of this phenomena is the stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Poe’s narrators often show that some traumatic past event has driven them insane with grief. But why did Poe write in such a grotesque style? Edgar Allan Poe relied on Gothic tropes in his short stories because they illustrate his repression of painful memories and showcase how his lack of acceptance allowed these latent memories to haunt him until his death. Poe’s characters often experience a withering setting‚ something

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    In Poe’s “The Black Cat”‚ the main symbol of the story is the black cat‚hence the title.Throughout the story‚Poe has written different allusions of what the cats had represented over time.First‚Poe had wrote that the narrator’s wife believes in superstitions‚going back to the ancient popular notion of “all black cats as witches in disguise”.(Paragraph 4) Poe was referencing to the witch trials‚when Pluto was hanged and burned when the narrator’s house burned down.Fire and hangings were elements

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    Jacob Wargotz Mrs. Newell Honors English 11 4/15/2014 Edgar Allan Poe: He Who Needed a Punching Bag The writer and poet‚ Edgar Allan Poe‚ was not as creepy as his stories portray him to be. He was just full of teenage angst and anger‚ even in his older years. It would be likely that if he were alive today‚ he would have weekly sessions with a psychologist‚ but he did not live in this era. However his stories did act as an emotional outlet in which many of his stories can be attributed to some emotionally

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    Gothic elements in The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Poe’s short story The Oval Portrait contains distinct Gothic elements penetrating the setting and the mood of the narration. From the very first line the reader is invited to “the fancy of Mrs. Radcliffe”‚ the pioneer of the gothic novel. The image of the remote abandoned chateau is given a tint of mystery and gloom. The antiquity of the interior where the “walls (are) hung with tapestry and bedecked with manifold

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    people see the world and open their eyes to a new way of life. Dark Romanticism brought a way for writers to write about mystical‚ dark‚ and to explore the inner workings of the mind of the people. Edgar Allan Poe and Herman Melville are the two most famous writers that came out of this movement. Poe wrote an influential piece called “The Fall of the House of Usher”‚ while

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    Introduction Attention Grabber: Edgar Allan Poe is an American author best known for his tales of mystery Connection: He has written numerous short stories and of those many are about horror. Sentence that flows: In the "Pit and the Pendulum" Poe demonstrates his skills of creating mood and suspense. Thesis: Edgar Allan Poe’s expertise in creating mood and suspense in best seen through his use of imagery‚ symbolism‚ and word choice 2. Body Par Topic: Poe uses imagery by using an object

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    Front and center without reasoning‚ Edgar Allan Poe was drawn to gothic fiction without even realizing. Throughout Poe’s work‚ he was able to conquer gothicism in every way possible from his premature work all the way up to award winning pieces for $50 to $100. Edgar Allan Poe is the master of gothic fiction because his use intense emotions‚ cruel revenge‚ and the agony of loss. Edgar Allan Poe is the mastermind of gothic fiction writing

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    In the text‚"The Tell-Tale Heart"‚ by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the mad many had many different emotions. The author exclaimed his feelings in different ways‚ such as fear‚ anger‚ and excitement. In fact‚ the different emotions lead his to do many things that he may regret. The character stated‚ "’No doubt I grew very pale.’ But I talked more fluently and with a heightened . He stated voice.’" This stood out as fear because this exclaimed the reactions of the sounds of the heart scared his and he’s turning

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    There are a number of themes which Poe repeats from story to story (for example‚ the doppelganger‚ the premature burial‚ the death of a woman). With reference to at least two stories by Poe‚ identify such a motif and explicate its development in these texts; Throughout Edgar Allan Poe’s story telling the idea and fascination surrounding death‚ mortality‚ extreme love‚ insanity and revenge are key aspects of the writers work. Poe’s enchantment with the idea of death and violence is clearly visible through

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