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- 161: Symbolism in "The Mask of the Red Death"
- Symbolism in "The Mask of the Red Death" Thesis: Poe uses symbolism to unfold this gripping tale of terror. I. The first symbol in the story is the name of the Prince himself, Prince Prospero. II. The ebony clock is ... as a description of the Red Death is laid out for the reader. "The ‘Red Death' had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or hideous." (Poe 72) This disease left scarlet stains upon it victims skin. Any victim of this disease was totally shunned by his fellow man. The final throws of this " Red Death " were ... thousand of his royal comrades and enough servants for all to a secluded abbey. He was sure the seclusion from the Red Death would save his life. He was wrong! Poe uses his supporting character Prince Prospero, to show the wealth of royalty in this story. This character's speaks of wealth and happiness. Prospero's wealth was so vast ...
- 162: Cask Of Amontillado
- Stephen Ryan The Cask of Amontillado In "The Cask of Amontillado" Edgar Allan Poe takes us on a trip into the mind of a mad man. The story relates a horrible revenge made even more horrible by the fact that the vengeance is being ... playing as being Fortunato’s friend, we know we are dealing with a demented personality. His character is also revealed with references to his family. It is almost as if Poe has Montresor’s ancestors tell the reader how nicely he fits into the family tree. His family motto is "No one attacks me with impunity" and a coat of arms ... highlighted when he says, "In pace requiescat!"* This sarcastic comment at the end of the story truly shows Montresor’s hatred and total disregard for Fortuato’s life. The setting Poe chose for the story adds to the horror. He sets most of the story in a dark, damp series of winding tunnels piled with the bones of dead family ...
- 163: Black Cat
- ... emotions that are often experienced by humans in general, and the emotional and physical response to these emotions can be very powerful and misleading. In "the Black Cat", Edgar Allen Poe spins a wondrously horrific plot that consists of a quilt deranged man driven to persecute the object of his offense. The man's ruthless compulsion to ease his guilt through ... The murder of Pluto, the appearance of the second black cat, and the ruthless slaying of an innocent woman are the series of significant events that are interweaved to create Poe's bloodcurdling tale. Overwhelming and demented feelings of guilt compulsively drive the narrator of the story to brutally slay his companion cat. After the man removes Pluto's eye with ... afflicted by its presence. The ultimate demise of the narrator of the story is brought about by his initial attempt to conceal his feelings of guilt. In "The Black Cat", Poe's use of the powerful convictions of guilt and remorse weave an intricate and terrifying plot. Work Cited: "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
- 164: The Fall of the House of Usher and The Cask of Amontillado: Madness and Insanity
- ... expectation or realization of danger. The existence of fear is essential for establishing the beliefs and the actions taken throughout one’s life. The two main characters in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Cask of Amontillado” each demonstrate a behavior can leads to madness and insanity. One theme revealed in Poe's story "The Fall of the House of Usher”, is mans way of wallowing in sorrow, causing self-pity and self-inflicted stress which most often leads to mental break ... sister. He is not able to sleep and claims that he hears noises. All in all, he is an unbalanced man trying to maintain equilibrium in his life. As perhaps Poe’s most tightly woven tale, “The Cask of Amontillado” stands out as a prime example of his deception of reality. Within this story, Montressor manipulates the thoughts and desires ...
- 165: The Black Cat - Symbolism
- Symbolism in Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Black Cat" In Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Black Cat," symbolism is used to show the narrator’s capacity for violence, madness, and guilt. "The Black Cat," written by Edgar Allan Poe serves as a reminder for all of us. The Capacity for violence and horror lies within each of us, no matter how docile and humane our disposition might appear. ...
- 166: Early National Literature
- ... a picaresque novel with an underlying satire on bad government. The first professional novelist was Charles Brockden Brown, whose gothic and philosophical romances, beginning with Wieland (1798), anticipated Edgar Allan Poe. Early in the 19th century, Washington IRVING gained European recognition as America's first genuine man of letters. A History of New York (1809) is a whimsical satire of pedantic ... recitation. Still powerful are Longfellow's The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1863), John Greenleaf WHITTIER's "Barbara Freitchie" (1863), and Oliver Wendell Holmes's "Old Ironsides" (1830). Edgar Allan POE stood apart from literary nationalism and represented a gloomier side of romanticism. As a reviewer, he was a harsh critic of second-rate American writing, but he dabbled in many ... his short stories remain internationally famous, and he may be said to have invented the detective story. In "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Tell-Tale Heart," Poe perfected the tale of gothic horror.
- 167: A Tale Of Revenge In The Cask
- ... doom. "The Cask of Amontillado" is about one man's family revenge on another family. In structure, there can be no doubt, that both Montresor's plan of revenge and Poe's story are carefully crafted to create the desired effect. Poe writes this story from the perspective of Montresor who vows revenge against Fortunato in an effort to support his time-honored family motto: "Nemo me impune lacessit" or "No one assails me with impunity." (No one can attack me without being punished.) Poe does not intend for the reader to sympathize with Montresor because Fortunato has wronged him, but rather to judge him. Telling the story from Montresor's point of view, ...
- 168: Fear In The House Of Usher : E
- ... of the superstitious Usher, but he himself senses these same powers only he tries to escape the reality of the phenomena by reasoning or focusing on something else. Edgar Allen Poe, the author of this short story, is trying to show through the narrator that the denial of our fears can lead to insanity, much the same way it has already ... and that he was enchained by certain superstitious impressions in regard to the dwelling which he tenanted he had never ventured forth. (1378) By having the narrator make this connection, Poe is showing that perhaps the narrator himself is beginning to feel these same fears, that perhaps fear is contagious. As the story progresses, the condition of Roderick Usher deteriorates and ... for the narrator, all of this happened when it did because his fear had brought him to the brink of insanity, the same insanity that had taken hold of Usher. Poe uses a first person narrator so the reader could see that the narrator too was becoming bounded by fear, even though the narrator himself did not know this. The ...
- 169: The Tatyana Caste
- ... a blissful afterlife, remarking "she has a lovely face". This remark is absurdly inadequate, and again, extremely invalidating, to the emotionally saturated tragedy of the Lady. According to E.A.Poe, "the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world".10 The degree of impact of the male figures on the lives of their respective ... Shalott 5 Onegin, Book 2 6 Az európai irodalom története, 520. o. 7 Onegin, Book 3 8 Onegin, Book 4 9 E. Nelson: The Lady of Shalott 10 E.A. Poe: The Philosophy of Composition 11 Onegin, Book 8 12 E. Nelson: The Lady of Shalott References: Elizabeth Nelson: The Lady of Shalott (Ladies of Shalott: a Victorian masterpiece and its contexts, ed. G. Landow, Brown U., 1979) Edgar Allen Poe: Complete Works (Wordsworth, Hertfordshire, 1993) M. Babits: Az európai irodalom törtenete (Nyugat kiadó, Budapest, without date) Világirodalmi lexikon 15. kötet: Tennyson (Akadémiai, Budapest, 1993) A. Pushkin: Onegin (Oxquarry Books, ...
- 170: The Cask Of The Amontillado - Revenge
- ... doom. "The Cask of Amontillado" is about one man's family revenge on another family. In structure, there can be no doubt, that both Montresor's plan of revenge and Poe's story are carefully crafted to create the desired effect. Poe writes this story from the perspective of Montresor who vows revenge against Fortunato in an effort to support his time-honored family motto: "Nemo me impune lacessit" or "No one assails me with impunity." (No one can attack me without being punished.) Poe does not intend for the reader to sympathize with Montresor because Fortunato has wronged him, but rather to judge him. Telling the story from Montresor's point of view, ...
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