Abstract This paper analyses and summarizes the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allen Poe which was written in memory of his wife. It depicts the poetic devices used to make the reader realize the loss and love felt by the poet for his beloved.
This paper analyzes the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe and notes that the poem shows great symbolism with images and feelings of love and death.
1,030 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 0 sources, 2007, $ 36.95
Abstract This paper explains that the most important part of Poe's poem, "Annabel Lee", is the speaker's love for Annabel Lee and how his love is unaffected by her death. The author points out that the word choice in this poem, which uses words that give the feeling of a medieval fairy tale story, is one of the greatest aspects of the entire work. The paper relates that the speaker describes many series of opposites throughout the entire poem, such as the idea from the beginning through the end that the speaker says they are in a "kingdom by the sea". The author concludes that "Annabel Lee" was not a religious prayer or any type of sermon; but rather, Poe wrote this poem with the knowledge that love will stay forever.
From the Paper "Many times throughout the poem the speaker tells about how heavenly beings and winged seraphs look down and how they wish they had the same love that the speaker and Annabel Lee share together. There is a possibility that these angels could have caused the death of Annabel Lee, or at least the speaker thinks this is a possibility. Many things such as jealousy could be explanations to why the angels, or devils, would have killed what was a great young relationship between two lovers. In the fifth stanza the speaker directly talks about these beings."
Abstract This paper looks at what made Annabel Jankel's and Rocky Morton's 1988 remake of the film noir classic, "Dead on Arrival" so successful, focusing on the modern camera techniques used in the movie.
From the Paper "It's always hard to remake a movie that has achieved classic status, as is the case with the movie "DOA", but Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton's remake of the film breathes new life into it. The basic question that must be posed to the directors of any remake is "Why bother? Why not make an entirely new movie?" The answer in the case of this film is that the directors have created a new movie out of an established story and have done so in large measure..."
Abstract This paper examines how Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven", "Annabel Lee", and "The Fall of the House of Usher? all depict the tragic loss of young and beautiful women. Poe describes Lenore, Annabel Lee and Madeline as young and achingly beautiful and all three women die premature and tragic deaths. In "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee", Poe mourns their tragic loss, while in "The Fall of the House of Usher?, Poe is clearly simply horrified at the gruesome and tragic death and he is not so deeply wrought with grief over the loss of someone he loves. It considers how Poe's depictions of women in his literary work reflect his personal experiences with the premature deaths of his young and attractive wife and mother. Poe's depictions remain relevant to readers of all ages and nationalities, as they speak to the universal misery of tragic loss and mourning.
From the Paper "Poe's poem "Annabel Lee" recounts the perfect love of the narrator and his child bride Annabel Lee. As in the Raven, Poe delves into the tragic loss of a beautiful woman within the lines of "Annabel Lee". Annabel Lee's similarity in age to Poe's young real-life bride is striking, and the poem can be seen as a reflection of Poe's grief over the loss of his young wife. As in "The Raven", Poe focuses on the beauty of the young woman who dies tragically. The stars and the moon even remind the narrator of the young woman's beauty after her tragic death. "Annabel Lee" focuses primarily on the depth of the feelings of between the two young lovers, while "The Raven" focuses more clearly on the grief at the loss of the young woman. In "Annabel Lee", the narrator tells a tale of a kingdom by the sea, where both he and Annabel Lee lived, and that they "loved with a love that was more than love"."
Tags: death, youth, beauty, wife, mother, saint, angel, love
Abstract This paper compares the common theme of death and the tones of the three poems, "The Raven", ?Annabel Lee? and "The Spirit of the Dead", and reviews events in Poe's life that influenced his poetry. The paper discusses Poe's use of rhythm and symbolism in the three poems. The author points out that, even though Poe is widely known as the originator of the modern detective story, he thought of himself first as a lyric poet and published poems and treatises on poetry.
From the Paper "Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven is overcome by the bird raven which is symbolic of death. This poem is a dirge about the poet's defunct wife. In the poem, the narrator seeks consolation from a giant bird whose only utterance is the dismal "nevermore". He asks the bird many questions about his long lost love, the exceptional and luminous maiden whom the angels name Lenore. But, the only response that he hears is "nevermore". He inquires about his love, solely with the intention of further torturing himself. Throughout the poem "The Raven", Poe makes a personal, introverted hell strangely mesmerizing to all the readers."
Abstract This paper examines the running theme of Humbert's sexuality and lust in Nabokov's "Lolita". It looks at how, for Humbert, love can only be seen in the context of his powerful desire to sexually possess the object of his attention and how, thus, he is unable to express any love for the teenage Lolita, filial or romantic, without turning her into an object of his lust. It analyzes how Humbert treats the other women in his life, from Annabel Leigh, Valeria, and Charlotte Haze to the insane Rita. It also discusses how, for Humbert, the level of sexual attraction determines whether or not a woman would be treated with love. It then contrasts Humbert's relations with these other women with his defining relationship with the nymphet, Lolita. It evaluates arguments that Humbert Humbert's attentions were akin to pedophilia or rape or that his lust was brought on by its forbidden nature versus other theories that state how Humbert's sexual desire is also an expression of his love for the adolescent Lolita. It argues that Humbert's willingness to commit murder on her behalf is proof that he not only lusted, but also loved the nymphet, Lolita.
From the Paper "Instead of a simple psychological motivation, however, critic Daniel Thomieres observes that a careful reader could see how Humbert can easily interpret these events as he wishes, to make himself sympathetic before launching into the details of his adult relationship with Lolita. As proof, Thomieres rightly points out that Humbert could not even recall Annabel's physical traits. Humbert has lost her photograph and admits that the way he sees Annabel in his mind is also "the way I see Lolita" (11). Through the first person narration, Thomieres also discerns that Humbert does not let Annabel speak for herself. In a sense, Annabel provides "(her) bod(y) and den(ies) her mind so as to incarnate that fantasy for Humbert Humbert" (Thomieres 168). Humbert states that she wanted him as much as he desired her, but nowhere in the account does he give Annabel a voice."
Abstract This paper explains how and why much of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry revolves around the idea of beautiful, dead women. The paper uses two of his poems, "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven," to demonstrate this theme and illustrates how they are both manifestations of Poe's real-life heartache with women.
From the Paper "Poe describes Lenore, Annabel Lee and Madeline as young and achingly beautiful and all three women die premature and tragic deaths. In "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee", Poe mourns their tragic loss, while in "The Fall of the House of Usher", Poe is clearly simply horrified at the gruesome and tragic death, and he is not so deeply wrought with grief over the loss of someone he loves. It considers how Poe's depictions of women in his literary work reflect his personal experiences with the premature deaths of his young and attractive wife and mother. Poe's depictions remain relevant to readers of all ages and nationalities, as they speak to the universal misery of tragic loss and mourning."
Abstract The paper examines several of Edgar Allan Poe's poems, including "Annabel Lee," "The Haunted Palace," and "The Conqueror Worm." The paper analyzes how Poe uses the rhythmic beat and repetition of poetry to suggest the inevitability of death. The paper maintains that his poetry was a means of exploring his own apparent fatalism and of articulating his morbid sadness.
From the Paper "It is arguable that no other writer in American history has produced work as unsettling and as suspensefully macabre as Edgar Allan Poe. Obviously, his short stories are notorious for their haunting imagery, their dark themes and for their lurid depictions of the "dark side" of human nature. However, Poe's poetry is also surprisingly animated with dark images - particularly the stark imagery of death. Indeed, a case can certainly be made that some of his best poetry is more suffused (or at least as suffused) with images of the "world beyond" than is the best of his short stories."
Tags:Annabel Lee, The Haunted Palace, The Conqueror Worm, fatalism, morbidity
Abstract The paper first examines the poem "Annabel Lee" and shows how Edgar Allan Poe captures the mystery of love with the mystic images of heaven and the sea. The paper then turns to Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130" and how he uses humor along with images of nature to illustrate his theme of love. Finally, the paper highlights how in "A Red, Red Rose," Robert Burns expresses the same type of sentiment as Poe does in that love is beautiful like things of nature. The paper therefore illustrates how each poet successfully expresses his love through nature imagery.
From the Paper "Images of nature are often used to describe the depths of love. Poets near and far lean upon the element of nature because nature is beautiful, long-lasting, and always surrounds us in one form or another. Three poems that illustrate the incorporation of nature to emphasize the depths of love are Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee," William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130," and Richard Burns' "A Red, Red Rose." While each of these poets utilizes the technique of nature imagery in different ways, each poet successfully expresses his love through nature imagery. Through images of the sea and heaven, Poe allows us to see the loftiness and not-of-this-world aspect of his love. Shakespeare uses nature in almost the opposite way - but admitting his lover does not have beauty like nature only demonstrates the true depth of his love. Burns, on the other hand, brings us back to nature by comparing his love to seas gone dry and rocks melting away."
Use of symbolism in short stories incl. "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," The Cask of Amontillado," & in selected poems incl. "The Raven," "Annabel Lee."
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, 2001, $ 39.95
From the Paper "Edgar Allan Poe shows a fascination with death, disease, and decay in his stories and poems, and he uses symbolism to represent death and dying as something that takes place not separate from life but deeply embedded within it. Poe mixes life and death in a variety of ways, so much so that he seems to show a morbid fascination with the processes of dying and with the symbolism of death.
Poe's preoccupation with death and more specifically with death-in-life is seen in many of his short stories. The character of Roderick Usher in "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a man whose senses are so acute as to cause him physical pain -- a case of one who lives life is in an ultra mode that restricts his movements so much as to reduce rather than enhance life. His sister shows a different form of life-in-death, or..."
Abstract This paper examines how the author Edgar Allan Poe lost every woman he loved to an untimely death and how those experiences are reflected in his morbid fiction. It looks at how, from the necrophiliac mentions in his poetry to women buried alive in tombs, Poe explores all his personal horrors of losing women and the experience of what he terms "mournful and never-ending remembrance."
From the Paper "Edgar Allan Poe's writings embody what appears to be his lifelong obsession with what he termed "mournful and never-ending remembrance" (85) of those taken too early by the cruel claws of death. Many of his poems and tales depict striking women, too beautiful for this earth, suffering from a wasting disease as a maddened narrator looks on helplessly. A woman dying young was not an unusual thing in the 1800s, and authors frequently used this subject as the basis for their creative works. However, Poe's tales go much further than the sad telling of a life lost too soon. The women in his stories are not held back by the grave; they return to their lovers through other bodies, haunting the dark recesses of gloomy mansions where the suffering narrators wait to be reunited with their supernal beauties. Other poems and tales take the narrator into the tomb to reunite with his obsessive love. Considering the vast amount of "supposedly true" biographical information that has been published about Poe's life, many stories perpetuated by Poe himself, it is impossible to ignore the parallels between Poe and his maddened, drunken, drug-addicted narrators or those between the supernal beauties of his stories, and his mother, foster mother, close friend Jane Stanard, and child-bride cousin Virginia. "Whether all these parallels were planted deliberately by Poe is unknown. More than likely, some of them were the result of subconscious creation, no more deliberate than the psychological parallels with his own experiences. Yet both are there"(Broussard 96) Poe's autobiographical writings from a tortured, love-starved psyche, combined with his skill at propagating rumors about himself, assure him a place in history as an author more famous for his own desperate life than for his brilliant works."
Abstract This paper discusses and analyzes how the theme of individual freedom or free will is depicted through each author's characterization of their protagonists, including events that helped reinforce the deviant behavior that they had decided to adopt and exercise in their rigidly conservative society.
From the Paper "Camus elucidates the main argument that this paper presents: in the preface to "The Stranger," he identifies the character of Meursault, the novel's protagonist, suffering a downfall "because he does not play the game." In this paper, the characters' inability to 'play the game' that society sets out for each individual leads to their isolation from and eventually, condemnation from, the society. Non-conformity to the norms of society through the exercise of one's free will is considered deviant, and society considers that it is its function to ensure that deviant behavior is not tolerated in order to preserve the 'order' and stability that social norms and rules offer to civil society."
Abstract This paper explores the various dangers of biographical criticism, that is, looking at the facts of the author's life to understand their work, and how best to discuss literature. Some of the pieces mentioned in the paper include "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, "Event" by Sylvia Plath, and "When I Have Fears" by John Keats.
From the Paper "A very similar situation can be seen in Sylvia Plath's "Event." There is no question that the poem has an infinitely dark tone; however, it is not necessarily someone's final thoughts before death. Without knowing it was one of the last few poems she wrote before she died, one might take it as the death of the baby: the face "carved in painted, red wood." Everything before and after that line can be read as the despair of a mother loosing her child. With the downward spiral into even darker terms like "a black gap" and "The dark is melting," one could take it as someone's dream or descent into a coma. The list goes on. The point is, there is no one way to read the poem, until you link it with facts. Again, just like with Poe, it is very possible, even likely that this poem was about her impending suicide, but if one had that fact of her life in mind while reading it, many people would focus on that fact and be blind to all the other rich, valid interpretations."
Abstract Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe present us with images of women that are connected with strength, love and beauty. While each writer has his own style, they generally represent women that are beyond compare in one way or another. The paper shows that Hawthorne introduces us to the strong Hester in "The Scarlet Letter", a woman who withstands public humiliation and turns her bad circumstance into something from which others can benefit. Faith in "Young Goodman Brown" and Georgiana in "The Birthmark" are women that represent all that is good. The paper shows that Poe presents us with images of mysterious, beautiful women that seem to surpass earthly definitions of what a woman can be. Each writer expresses an appreciation and admiration for women that comes through in their stories.
From the Paper "Throughout her life, Hester displays an almost superhuman strength in character in the village. While she is hated and reviled, she still attempts to make something of herself. In fact, she tries to use her unfortunate circumstance as a means to help others. She becomes a source of strength for those in her community that suffer from "the continually recurring trails of wounded, wasted, wronged, misplaced, or erring and sinful passion" (254). She comforts outcasts at a time when they have nowhere else to turn. Her actions are evidence that she is more than the letter that she is forced to wear. We are told that the letter "ceased to be a stigma which attracted the world's scorn and bitterness, and became a type of something to be sorrowed over, and looked upon with awe, yet with reverence, too"."
Abstract This paper shows that reading the passages of Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" is a meditation on love because the topic is on every page, either in the forefront or lying hidden just below the surface, ready to appear at the slightest observance. The paper argues that it would be impossible to read the novel and not see the love within. This does not mean that the reader understands or shares Humbert Humbert's longings and desires. They may be repulsed by the same, but the novel invokes a meditation on love, and from it we can discern the definitions and qualities (or lack thereof) that constitute love.
From the Paper "Yet, when she tells him that she will not come to live with him, he leaves. Possibly broken-hearted, obviously mentally unstable, he abandons the quest. This is one of the definitions of true love. Love regardless of circumstances, or situations, or physical form. But what is lost upon Humbert is that he is the cause of Lolita's current situation. So even when he shows his love is unconditional, he still misses the role his possessive love has played in destroying Lolita's life."
