Poe and the narrator in The Black Cat both have a drinking problem‚ which is noticeable when the narrator describes the room‚ “reposing upon the head of one of the immense hogshead of gin‚ or of rum‚ which constituted the chief furniture of the apartment” (Pg. 226). Poe and the narrator both also had a loving wife who died‚ although one died of tuberculosis and one of murder. Moreover‚ both had a mental illness. Poe faced depression that influenced his life and the narrator is clearly unstable and
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According to Sigmund Freud‚ the mind is made of three separate parts‚ which he calls the Construct of Personality.The id‚ which represents the part of your brain that helps with survival issues‚ and is also associated with “the devil on your shoulder” can mostly be thought of when discussing Jack‚ from “Lord of the Flies”. In contrast to the first part‚ the second part‚ known as the super ego‚ or “the angel on you shoulder”‚ can best be used to describe Simon‚ who represented the rules that were
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Edgar Allan Poe was a famous poet in the 1800’s. He has made hundreds of poems from Bells to The Raven. Edgar was also known as the grandfather of horror in American Literature‚ because he was the first to employ many of his signature style elements in his work. Using his signature literary elements‚ he is able to make the tone of his poems go from cheerful and luminous to dark and mysterious. The death of his truly beloved wife was a key factor that also affected his writing choices and the tones
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In the story “The Black Cat”‚ Poe uses many gothic traits and examples to embark terror into the reader of the story. Poe is able to construct so many different aspects of gothic literature into one single terrifying story for the reader to enjoy. Poe uses traits such as the use of love and true imagination in his stories and twists them into one of a kind horror for the reader. In “The Black Cat’‚ Poe uses love as one of the problems in the story‚ and as one of the ways to plant fear and terror
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Edgar Allen Poe was a foster child‚ his mom died in 1811 when he was not yet three. Poe’s dad had left the family. Edgar Poe married his cousin Virginia. Poe lost most of his loved ones to Tuberculosis. He was renowned with the community when he swam against the current for miles. Poe died unexpectedly at the young age of forty. Some believe that he died of Alcoholism‚ others believe it was rabies. I believe Edgar died of alcoholism because Poe had drunk all throughout his age and alcohol will wear
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English 10 Honors 13 February 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was a sick man that went through a troubling life full of tragedies. For Poe to deal with this he drank and poured his feelings into his works. Honestly as horrible it is that he had to go through all of that we should be grateful because without his suffering these masterpieces wouldn’t have been fabricated. While intensifying his philosophy for short stories Edgar Allan Poe wrote “The Fall of the House of Usher” reflecting the
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Edgar Allan Poe’s writing techniques Edgar Allan Poe is perhaps one of the best writers of suspense novels that there has ever been. Poe’s works are widely known due to his technique of writing. Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher and The Black Cat are perfect examples of his suspenseful writing technique that grabs his audience‚ holds on to readers throughout the entire story and leaves the audience on the edge of their seats. Edgar Allan Poe’s stories are always thought of as being suspenseful
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Haunted Palace" and the Life of Poe When most are asked to name a famous poet‚ a majority of people instantly think of the great Edgar Allan Poe. He was also an author‚ editor‚ and literary critic during the early nineteenth century‚ but his reputation today rests primarily on his dark‚ lyric poetry. "The Haunted Palace" is one such poem that Poe is remembered for‚ and is actually part of "The Fall of the House of Usher‚" one of his most famous short stories. In the poem‚ Poe uses a decrepit and haunted
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Edgar Allan Poe: The Alcoholic Writer Edgar Allan Poe is considered one of America’s most influential writers. Some people refer to him as the “Father of the American detective story” (Giordano 2005). His stories are thrilling and full of death‚ insanity‚ and darkness‚ which caused Americans to see a different side of the Romantic genre in literature. Many suggest that the reason behind Poe’s eerie tales was his alcoholism. Poe was born January 19‚ 1809 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He was the
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he could find some kind of lighting. “I cautiously moved forwards‚ with my arms extended‚ and my eyes straining from their sockets in the hope of catching some faint ray of light. I proceeded for many paces; but still all was blackness and vacancy” (Poe). The initial conflict is first introduced as the narrator is trapped in a dark pit with no way out. Looking for anything that could possibly show him where was. In order to survive the narrator has to find a way to escape.
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