Edgar Allan Poe is considered by many to be one of America’s greatest literary figures. Many of his poems and short stories have a mysterious or gothic theme. Two short stories in particular‚ “Ligeia” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” have many of the standard gothic elements like remote settings and supernatural occurrences. While there are some gothic elements in both “Ligeia” and “The Fall of the House of Usher‚” the use of gothic elements is more pronounced in the later. When comparing the
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state if he wasn’t so drunk and in unsuspicious conditions. Nevertheless‚ by the end of the story‚ Montresor proves to be more evil and more intelligent than Fortunato. As he tells Fortunato‚ he comes from a family with motto and a coat of arms that indicates a long tradition of revenge‚ and he ignores any torture of heart sickness by blaming the damp and shutting Forunato into the burial ground of his revenging family. Montresor says‚ “Nemo me impune lacessit.” (Poe 238) which it means is “No one
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feels suspenseful is when the author writes‚ “It’s impossible that she can be dead‚ it’s impossible you should have got this body fairly.”(Stevenson Line 259) Poe keeps adding suspense throughout‚ In “The Raven”‚ while it only appears in Stevenson’s tale once and the rest of the story
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The Dark Side of Poe During a life marked by pain and loss‚ Edgar Allen Poe wrote haunting tales in which he explored the dark side of the human mind. For Pow‚ it was only extreme conditions in which people revealed their true nature. His short stories leave readers with a sense of uneasiness. The settings of his stories‚ characters in the stories‚ and the plot all relate to his insane use of gothic elements. The Gothic dimensions of Poe’s fictional world offered him a way to explore the human
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mystery‚ even in death. The very greatness behind the “Great Gatsby” spawns from his ambiguous and cryptic verbiage and his uncertain past. He makes himself into a celebrity with his enigmatic personality that forces those around him to spin their own tales of his life. Because Nick is unaware of exactly what occurs between Gatsby and Wilson‚ the young millionaire deliberately retains his dignity and greatness. However‚ because the audience sees him taken down by a single bullet‚ Gatsby’s point of view
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first couple lines where the narrator‚ identified as Montresor‚ states the story’s conflict as “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge” (Poe). From the beginning‚ the narrator tells in first person of his deep hatred for the victim Fortunato‚ and does not offer any more information to what the insult was; leaving the reader to question whether this offense actually occurred or if Montresor’s disdain for Fortunato is but a construct
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Amontillado. Fortunato shows anxiously on conforming if the wine is truly Amontillado. Montresor tells Fortunato that if he is too busy‚ he will ask Luchesi to taste it. Fortunato claims that Luchesi could not tell Amontillado from other wines and insists that they go to Montresor’s vaults. Montresor told his servants he will not return till
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they say they have alot of work that is very good. something about arthur miller he says “whoever is writing in the united states is using the american dream as a ironical pole of his story. edgar allan poe was very famouse for his peoms and his tales of horror and mystery one stories is “raven’ and ‘the fall of the house of usher’ not only are those the best but mostely misterys and adgars life it self was very misterys his nickname that he got for writing was the father of the detective storys
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Gothic Literature is a unique form of writing that encompasses: fiction‚ horror‚ death‚ and romance. This type of writing uses the idea of the supernatural as well as the capacity for evil in a human being which ultimately thickens and intensifies the plots of the stories and makes them more intriguing. In the following three works: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children‚ “The Raven”‚ and “The Black Cat”‚ there are many unique elements of gothic literature‚ however the most prominent are: psychological
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being treated well and that him and Zaroff were to hunt other humans together; however‚ he soon finds out that he is the one who will be hunted. Authors Poe and Connell use tone‚ metaphores and suspense to illuminate a foreboding atmosphere in their tales “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Most Dangerous Game” ultimately creeping readers out
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