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    Edgar Allen Poe was a famous writer who shifted the boundaries of fiction stories. In most cases by using fear of death as the theme‚ but it is possible he used it because that was his fear (Hurley 1). It may have been easier for him to write these stories because he may have been portraying himself in the characters who were trying to escape death though they knew it was impossible. Edgar Allen Poe had seen people he knew die and his emotions clearly showed in his poems. For example‚ The Masque

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    Good Evening and welcome to Port Allen High Commencement Ceremony [introduce myself] Before I get started‚ I want to take a moment to thank some of the most loving and important people in my life: God - for showing me unconditional love‚ for putting great people in my life ‚ and for blessing me to be standing before you all this very moment;My Family - for being by my side‚ loving me tenderly‚ and for keeping me on track; My Friends- for being there anytime and for reminding me that when life

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    passageways and corridors‚ curses‚ ruined castles with graveyards nearby‚ priests or monks‚ and dreams or death-like-states. Some famous gothic writes include Anne Rice‚ Joyce Carol Oates‚ Stephen King‚ Stephanie Myers‚ and Edgar Allen Poe being one of the most famous. Edgar Allen Poe‚ also known as the father of the

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    In 1944 Jack Kerouac‚ Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs diverging paths led them to connect with each other in New York City‚ in order to begin what is called The Beat movement. The unexpected ingredient of each personality assisted in the precarious movement of the 1960s. Jack Kerouac originated as a skilled jock from a working class family in Massachusetts; if he had not injured his leg he may chosen to employ his scholarship to enter college as a star football player. However‚ that scenario

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    Edgar Allen Poe is well known for writing dark stories. His settings are dark and spooky and his themes are equally as dark and moody. The theme of the “Tell-Tale Heart” is the strong emotions of love and hate‚ and guilt. In the “Tell-Tale Heart” the narrator loves the old man and yet murders and dismembers him‚ and in the end is tortured by his overwhelming guilt. Poe uses the beating heart to symbolize the narrator’s overwhelming guilt: “Villains!” I shrieked‚ “dissemble no more! I admit the deed

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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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    the common man." Edgar Allen Poe is noted as one of the few American "Romantic" poets. Poe’s poem "The Raven" portrays Romanticism as characterized by emotion‚ exotica‚ and imagination. A friend of Edgar Allen Poe‚ R. H. Horne‚ wrote of "The Raven"‚ "the poet intends to represent a very painful condition of the mind‚ as of an imagination that was liable to topple over into some delirium or an abyss of melancholy‚ from the continuity of one unvaried emotion." Edgar Allen Poe‚ author of "The Raven

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    In his poems and stories‚ Edgar Allen Poe often returns to the same themes: loneliness‚ lost love‚ insanity‚ and depression. In his poem‚ “The Raven”‚ his theme is grief‚ which is also related to the string of themes he usually incorporates into his works. However‚ for this specific poem‚ Poe uses an abundant amount of literary devices to expand on his theme of grief and describe it in a way that readers will be able to understand his feelings throughout this poem. There are many literary devices

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    Shania Perez Kambui English 102 24 October 2014 In the Mind of a Maniac After reading “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe a reader might question‚ why write about killing a cat? What kind of satisfaction would an author get out of that? What kind of satisfaction does an author think a reader would get out of it? Edgar Allen Poe is most popular for his dark‚ twisted stories‚ but probably even more popular for how he wrote them. His nonchalant tone throughout “The Black Cat” is maybe what surprised

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     Maxwell  English III AP  15 January 2015  The Black Cat: A Reflection of Edgar Allen Poe      Some people choose to display their life through a page turning autobiography‚ others an  award winning blockbuster film. But‚ there are some people who showcase their life story‚ the  good and the bad‚ in their work. One of the most well­known people to do this was none other  than the demented and ingenious Edgar Allen Poe. The tragedy of his life bled through many of  his works‚ particularly ​ The Black Cat

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