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    existence of Ligeia starts to come develop as the narrator starts fixating on her erratic learning‚ rare beauty‚ and the care for language. The narrator describes the first encounter with Ligeia in Germany‚ in which he states‚” Yet I know that I met her most frequently in some large‚ old‚ decaying city near the Rhine.” (Belasco‚ Johnson pg. 1021). The narrator states he think he meets her in Germany‚ in which he states he doesn’t remember much. The narrator demonstrates hallucinations and an altered

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    One night 15-year-old Christopher Boone discovers that someone killed his neighbour’s dog‚ Wellington. Upon this discovery‚ Christopher as a first person narrator decides to write a murder mystery novel‚ recounting how he solved the case. Although it’s not directly stated‚ the narrator’s text implies that he has an autism spectrum disorder called Asperger’s Syndrome. We can infer this because he displays traits of the disorder. For example‚ it’s difficult for him to understand social norms such as

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    bad. It is an interesting story and this study will analyze and interpret the narrator‚ setting and structure and will finally conclude on the story as a whole. The story is being told from a limited omniscient third person narrative. “He remembered asking once – how old could he have been‚ seventeen? – and the old man calling back over his shoulder‚ “don’t fuckin’ fall.” The quote is the father’s thoughts. The narrator refers to the persons as he and their names‚ which is seen all the way through

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    fading love and growing estranged. The setting places the narrator in a foreign land‚ whose cultural values have a negative impact on her causing her to fade from blissful love to saddening regret and hurt. Her identity is altered to that of a foreigner as perceived by those around her and this changes her mind set‚ perceiving herself differently‚ as a different person. The most apparent portrayal of the result of the setting on the narrator is the "fading love" experienced between her and her husband

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    Unreliable Narrator Essay Gothic literature intends to thrill readers leaving them confused‚ or to dwell on the thought that there is something beyond us. Two widely known gothic literature authors and their works are “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ and “ An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce. Poe and Bierce not only write gothic literature‚ but both authors utilize unreliable narrators in their works to their advantage. Poe and Bierce had different intentions for the effect

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    The narrator in the story is insane‚ because he loves the dark. The narrator does weird things showing that he’s insane. The narrator does live in the creepy house alone sometimes. The narrator is just insane it’s kind of hard to explain. The narrator in the story is insane because the way he’s acting. He stays in the house‚ he loves the dark‚ he stays in the creepy house. The narrator in the story is insane because he’s always in the house. Don’t you think sometimes he should go outside? Staying

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    I was particularly inspired by his short story ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’. After reading that specific work‚ I felt quite shocked as I could feel his character’s personality‚ tone and feelings. It felt like I was just in the mind of a schizophrenic killer‚ and the way Poe had written the story had me immersed completely

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    characters that are also narrators throughout the story of Frankenstein. Many may ask if there is a difference or not between them. I would say yes. The 3 narrators are Robert Walton‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ and the monster. They all played different parts throughout the story. In which‚ each part was unique and important to the part they played. Also‚ throughout the narrators you got different views and perspectives that helped show the personalities of each character. The primary narrator throughout Frankenstein

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    narrator’s mother only think of the narrator to help her in the house because she’s the only girl. Also In the “playing to win” the narrator disapproves of her daughter playing sports. She sates “my daughter is an athlete. Nowadays‚ this statement won’t strike many parents as unusual‚ but it does me.” This illustrates that her daughter doesn’t fit into society’s idea about women. Father in both story support their daughter. Father in “boys and Girls” support the narrator in act of helping him. He allows

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    Poe does provide a narrator who claims he is not mad but there is signs that provide he is going crazy. In my opinion this makes him an unreliable narrator. We as a reader are not able to trust everything he saying to us since he is saying something but doing another thing. Although we can conclude he is crazy because since the start he said he loved the old man but his eye was evil. He is trying to justify the reason he murdered this old man. Yet‚ there is no justification for killing that old man

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