Similarities Between The Raven And The Cask Of Amontillado

The unity of effect is when the author uses multiple elements to give a specific reaction out of the reader. In The Raven, The Cask of Amontillado, and Annabel Lee, Poe uses the unity of effect to create an ominous and uncomforting mood for the reader in all three texts. In The Raven, the literary device of repetition is used. In The Cask of Amontillado, setting is used to portray a claustrophobic and frightening feeling. And in Annabel Lee, an unreliable narrator is used to create a uncomfortable mood. Firstly, In The Raven, the literary device of repetition creates an isolated and deathly mood, that contributes to the depressing feeling of the reader. Poe uses repetition in lines 57 and 58 when the narrator claims that the raven will leave him the next day because everyone else in his life has left him, making him feel isolated and alone. The narrator states, “Other friends have flown before — On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.” The repetition of “have flown before” is used to emphasize that
In The Cask of Amontillado, Montresor and Fortunato explore the cramped, death filled catacombs in search for Amontillado, creating a claustrophobic mood. In order to accomplish the unity of effect, Poe incorporates confined spaces and lack of oxygen, which ties into claustrophobia, one of the world's biggest fears. Montresor states, “we passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descending again, arrived at a deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow than flame.” The catacombs had very constricted air flow resulting in a glowing torch rather than a flame and in some parts of the catacombs, the ceiling were very low. While reading this, the reader may experience fear of small confined spaces because of how well Poe used the setting of the catacombs to create a feeling of