Comparitve Analysis of 'the Raven' & 'Tell Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe
Comparative Analysis of the Tell Tale Heart and the Raven
Edgar Allen Poe was the author of several daunting works of literature. Two examples of Edgar Allen Poe's literature are "The Tell Tale Heart" and "The Raven." If we compare these two works, one a short story and the other a poem, we will see that Poe shows great mastery of symbolism, as well as other forms of literary technique. In these two stories, many people would say that Poe uses the tales to reflect the way he perceives life in general. Poe makes obvious use of symbolism, metaphors and imagery within these two works of literature.
Within the poem "The Raven" Edgar Allen Poe uses imagery, in many different forms. Imagery is words that are used to create a picture in the mind of the reader. One example of Imagery within "The Raven" is "Ghostly
By the author "The Tell Tale Heart," "The Raven" is similarly a long piece of writing, but not as long, and gloomy. Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart" is about how he becomes so insane and paranoid that he kills an old man just because his one creepy blue eye reminded him of a vulture. Thus, here, Poe's paranoia for birds and their negative symbolism is also evident. In the end, Poe cuts the man into pieces and hides him cunningly. When the police come, he seems perfectly innocent, but then Poe hallucinates and believes to hear the heart thudding. He ends up admitting his guilt to the police. This theme of realization of either reality or the truth is evident in The Raven also.
[pic]"The Raven," on the other hand, exalts a bird as a symbolization of death in order to forebode Poe's wife and cousin's, Virginia Clemm's, death since she was suffering from tuberculosis. Poe characterizes this bird through a speaker as especially annoying for its tapping and sets up the poem in a "bleak December." At first, the speaker is tired in his lonely house and seems to be almost happy to open the door for the visitor, but then he finds out that
Edgar Allen Poe was the author of several daunting works of literature. Two examples of Edgar Allen Poe's literature are "The Tell Tale Heart" and "The Raven." If we compare these two works, one a short story and the other a poem, we will see that Poe shows great mastery of symbolism, as well as other forms of literary technique. In these two stories, many people would say that Poe uses the tales to reflect the way he perceives life in general. Poe makes obvious use of symbolism, metaphors and imagery within these two works of literature.
Within the poem "The Raven" Edgar Allen Poe uses imagery, in many different forms. Imagery is words that are used to create a picture in the mind of the reader. One example of Imagery within "The Raven" is "Ghostly
By the author "The Tell Tale Heart," "The Raven" is similarly a long piece of writing, but not as long, and gloomy. Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart" is about how he becomes so insane and paranoid that he kills an old man just because his one creepy blue eye reminded him of a vulture. Thus, here, Poe's paranoia for birds and their negative symbolism is also evident. In the end, Poe cuts the man into pieces and hides him cunningly. When the police come, he seems perfectly innocent, but then Poe hallucinates and believes to hear the heart thudding. He ends up admitting his guilt to the police. This theme of realization of either reality or the truth is evident in The Raven also.
[pic]"The Raven," on the other hand, exalts a bird as a symbolization of death in order to forebode Poe's wife and cousin's, Virginia Clemm's, death since she was suffering from tuberculosis. Poe characterizes this bird through a speaker as especially annoying for its tapping and sets up the poem in a "bleak December." At first, the speaker is tired in his lonely house and seems to be almost happy to open the door for the visitor, but then he finds out that