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- 191: The Tell Tale Heart: The Total Effect of the Story
- ... of a story? The total effect of a story is the specific response an author expects to get from his/her readers. In "The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edgar Allen Poe, is complete and total horror. The setting, plot, character and even point of view contribute to this total effect of horror. The setting contributes to this total effect in several ... As you can see, the plot, setting, character and point of view all play major roles in the total effect of the story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe.
- 192: The Martian Chronicles
- ... also see this coming since America would make everything the same everywhere. Usher II This was about a man named Stendahl who made a house out of an Edgar Allen Poe story. The man was visited by some kind of inspector named Garrett. He said the house would have to be torn down since it was a negative influence on society ... in and got into a helicopter and as him and his friend left the house crumbled and they got away. This story was cool to see what an Edgar Allen Poe story would be like. It was also very clever that he got Garrett into the cell and fenced him in. I like this. The Old Ones This was about the ...
- 193: Streetcar Desire
- ... each other, Blanche worries about her appearance: "Oh no, no, no. I won't be looked at in this merciless glare," and is concerned about where her sister lives: "Only Poe. Only Mr. Edgar Allan Poe could do justice to it. What are you doing in that horrible place?" Stella has turned her back on her aristocratic background, and found happiness by marrying a working class ...
- 194: The Cask of Amontillado
- The Cask of Amontillado In the story The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, the protagonist, Montressor, causes a disastrous end to a night, that began simply with a carnival. Montressor, is very witty, he is egotistic, and he is evil. By using these ...
- 195: The Different Conceptions of the Veil in The Souls of Black Folk
- ... her to prison. In Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man the main character says, "I am an invisible man, No I am not a spook like those that haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood movie ectoplasm's. I am a man of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids- and I might even be said to possess a ...
- 196: The Yellow Wallpaper: What The Hell????
- ... However the fact is I don't get it. The most eerie thing about the story though is that it sounds and reads just like a story from Edgar Allan Poe. Even though I did not get the hidden meaning in the story I enjoyed it nonetheless.
- 197: In Our Time: Review
- ... story. The "Chapters" strongly remind me of Pink Floyd's The Wall. I was also surprised at how simple it is to read them. They are perfect examples of how Poe defined the short story: quick, (sometimes) powerful, and written to evoke one feeling. After reading The End of Something, for example, I was struck by how easily Hemmingway made me ...
- 198: Mesmerism And The Enlightenmen
- ... allience, power and money. The long term influence of Mesmerism on thought is the last section fo Dranton's account and includes some influential names, Balzac, Hugo, even Edgar Allen Poe commented on it. It also influenced some of the most radical theoires. The utopian strain was part of the Jacobin thinking. The communists also strove to reach some of the ...
- 199: The Effects of Setting on Character in "The Masque of Red Death" and "The Shawl"
- ... Shawl" are quite similar yet very unalike. The way the authors described the setting set the traits of the characters' personalities. In "The Masque of Red Death," by Edgar Allan Poe, Prince Prospero was the main character. In "The Shawl," by Cynthia Ozick, Stella was a supporting character. Both were greatly affected by the settings and the details to describe it ...
- 200: Ray Bradbury's The Martial Chronicals
- ... his own amusement. His fantastic sytle of writing was developed during this time as he read the Oz books, Alice in Wonderland, Tarzan, Grimms' Fairy Tales, and the works of Poe. In 1934 his family moved to Los Angeles, where Bradbury attended high school and joined the Los Angeles Science-Fantasy Society. While a member, Bradbury published four issues of his ...
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