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'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allen Poe, 2006.
A critical analysis of 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allen Poe.
1,246 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the short story, 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allen Poe. According to the paper, Poe is one of the masters of horror fiction and his story, 'The Black Cat', is intended both to shock as well as educate. According to the paper, the central theme of this story is that the real nature of true horror and terror does not necessarily exist outside of ourselves or in the dark night, but can exist within the human heart.
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"Throughout the story there is a comparison between two aspects of human nature. These two aspects however are seen to exist within the same human being. On the one hand we see that the main character is originally a good and kind man but that his nature changes radically for the worse. While alcohol is suggested as the catalyst for this change, the story also makes it clear that the transformation of the man for good to bad is a result of something more than just drinking. "
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Edgar Allen Poe's "The Black Cat", 2004.
This paper is a complete analysis of how the main character is a disturbing character.
799 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper completely describes how the main character is disturbing. Many quotes and examples from the literature are provided. The paper describes how Edgar Allen Poe really spoke of the underlying meanings he was trying to get across to the reader. This paper also explains Poe's motivation behind his writing.
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"Edgar Allen Poe writes many stories which have the main character act insane or crazy, and one of these is a short story entitled ?The Black Cat.? In this short story, the main character seems to have extremely weird, disturbing things happen to him, and as a result, his reactions are just as extreme. Poe?s main character is very disturbing in this story. His behavior is truly not the most disturbing quality about him, but rather his behavior is just a result of this ultimately disturbing quality. His ultimately disturbing quality is the workings of his mind and how his heart handles the matter."
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Death, Justice and Edgar Allen Poe, 2007.
An analysis of the themes of death and justice in "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allen Poe.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 38.95
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This paper discusses how Poe as a writer dwelt much in the madness and morbidity of man and how he enjoyed writing about loss, pain and lies, as these were the emotions with which he was most familiar. In particular, the paper looks at "The Black Cat", which tells of a man driven to murder by his unexplainable hatred for his pet black cat. In the dark recesses of his twisted mind, he found relief in the gruesome passing of his wife with the loss of his reviled pet. The paper also looks at "The Masque of the Red Death", which tells of a plague that has purged the world and murdered everything in its path, killing without qualm and pity, not distinguishing between race, age, gender or social status.
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"In both stories, man's darkest nature was revealed. First is that selfishness runs deep in our veins. Prince Prospero paid no attention to the devastation brought by the Red Death outside his castle walls. As long as he had everything his heart desired inside, he felt safe and secured from the fate of a terrible death in the hands of an unrelenting plague. This thinking is foolish at best, for no one can escape Death. Death cannot be stopped by walls, doors or barricades. This lesson was learned the hard way by Prince Prospero and his dominions."
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Edgar Allen Poe, 2005.
This paper compares and contrasts Edgar Allen Poe's "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart."
858 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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The paper examines two of Edgar Allen Poe's best and most moving pieces -"The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." The paper describes how in "The Black Cat" the narrator is a delusional man who has a pet cat and how in "The Tell-Tale Heart" Poe depicts a narrator who is not only delusional but clearly insane. The paper highlights that in both of these stories there is a common thread of delusion and paranoia. The paper concludes that although Poe wrote his work in the mid-19th century the themes are still relevant today.
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"For decades, Poe has been regarded as a leader in gothic literature. His stories (along with his poetry) are often filled with violence and hatred and because they are dark and graphic, they usually depict the narrator as twisted and distraught.
The stories of Poe usually portray a narrator laden with self-hatred and said narrator often projects his own feelings onto the audience and other characters within the story. In "The Black Cat," the narrator is a man who places all blame for his alcohol indulgence--and later murders--on intemperance and perverseness rather than on his own insanity and lack of self-control."
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The Darkness Within: Imagining Edgar Allen Poe, 2002.
A review of the theme of darkness in the novels "The Fall of the House of Usher", and "The Pit and the Pendulum" and the poem "For Annie" by Edgar Allen Poe.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 13 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper explores two stories by Edgar Allen Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher", and "The Pit and the Pendulum". These stories are considered in relation to a poem Poe wrote called, "For Annie", a verse written for a friend of his, Annie Richmond. The theme of this paper is about "darkness," where darkness is a metaphor that imbues Poe's horror stories with themes of consciousness and experiences with terror. Because Poe was especially interested in the susceptibility of the imagination, this paper attempts to "imagine" Edgar Allen Poe in relation to varying metaphors of darkness that characterize the author's life and literature.
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Edgar Allen Poe: History and Writings, 2002.
A look at the impact of life experiences on the writing of Edgar Allen Poe.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper investigates the biography of Edgar Allen Poe in order to see if there is a connection between his life and the themes of horror expressed in his writings.
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Edgar Allen Poe, 2006.
A discussion regarding the work of Edgar Allen Poe and some of his works which included a plot where someone is buried alive.
1,746 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper takes a look at the life and work of Edgar Allen Poe, focusing on his works where the plot included a protagonist that is buried alive. According to the paper, being buried alive was a very controversial topic of the time.
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"Berenice," another one of Poe's stories that shows signs of premature burial, starts off with the main character, Egaeus, describing his childhood and also making mention of his cousin Berenice. Egaues is in poor health as he suffers a mental disorder and so is Berenice who suffers from a physically deteriorating disease. One day while meditating in the library where his mother died, Egaeus, now engaged to Berenice becomes fascinated with her teeth. Several days pass and Egaeus cannot take his mind off Berenice's teeth. After receiving word that Berenice is dead, Egaeus visited her grave and with the physicians instruments in hand. While at her grave she begins to move and the bandage on her mouth broke, Egaeus took this as an opportunity to remove all thirty-two of Berenice's teeth. A servant finds him back at the library with his clothing all messy and muddy, and tells him that he heard screams the night before, the box with Berenice's teeth then falls to the floor and exposes his crime. This story shows the death of a loved one, a tragedy that happened to Poe himself so many times throughout his life. Poe was continuously loosing his lovers to death. First was Mrs. Standard and in the end Virginia. "
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Edgar Allen Poe, 2002.
A examination of the writing style of Edgar Allen Poe.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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A six-page MLA paper analyzing the writing style of Edgar Allen Poe, his devices and works and the impact of his life story on his work.
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Narrators in the Works of Edgar Allen Poe, 2005.
Examines the role of the depraved narrators in texts by author, Edgar Allen Poe.
1,383 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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Many of the works of Edgar Allen Poe take us into the deepest and darkest recesses of the human mind. Luckily, we are usually privileged to have as our guide, a narrator who is intimately familiar with these gloomy, gothic caverns. This paper examines the role of the narrator in works such as "The Cask of Amontillado", "Tell Tale Heart" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", among others.
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"The fact that Dupin is the reader's guide to the depraved mind causes us to puzzle whether it is possible to understand the deranged. If even the insane follow a certain logic, even if it is a logic that is peculiar to one individual, can we then still speak of that individual as "insane?" Many of Poe's narrators appear to be more "upset" (as in dis-arranged) in their minds then completely without any hold on the wider reality that we all share."
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?The Tell-Tale Heart? by Edgar Allen Poe, 2002.
A review of the short story ?The Tell-Tale Heart? by Edgar Allen Poe.
1,070 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper describes Edgar Allen Poe's short story, ?The Tell-Tale Heart? as a character-driven narrative that lures the reader into a plot seen only from one man?s perspective. The writer notes that Poe is notable for a literary style that lends itself to this particular genre of gothic fiction. The paper illustrates the wonderful and dark tale of psychological horror and drama that Poe weaves, through his skilled usage of dramatic elements like plot, characterization, style, point of view, style, and theme.
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"Short stories contain condensed versions of human pathos and experience that leave indelible marks on the psyche. Edgar Allen Poe?s classic ?The Tell-Tale Heart? combines elements of macabre and suspense to create an exceptional psychological drama. Standing out among American authors, Poe stands on dark themes to weave his short stories. ?The Tell-Tale Heart? is particularly revealing of character; it is basically the monologue of one character, the unnamed narrator. This protagonist tells the reader his innermost fears and dreams, which border on the insane. In fact, Poe?s protagonist refutes his madness directly, using unique second person point of view: ?You fancy me mad.? His character is lifelike from the first sentences of the story and the reader perceives everything through the senses of the narrator. ?The Tell-Tale Heart? is a character-driven narrative that lures the reader into a plot seen only from one man?s perspective. Poe is notable for a literary style that lends itself to this particular genre of gothic fiction."
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Edgar Allen Poe, 2002.
A biography of the life and work of Edgar Allen Poe.
1,217 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses the author Edgar Allen Poe, who was orphaned at an early age and had to give up his place at university because he could not meet the costs. It provides a review of the main events of his life as well as some of his major works such as "The Raven", "The Fall of the House of Usher" and ?The Gold Bug? . It analyzes how Poe?s use of dark and sinister imagery is perhaps a reflection on himself and how he viewed the direction his life was going. It shows how there is little doubt the death of his mother had a great impact on his youth, as did the death of his beloved wife during his adult life. Death plays an important role in his poems and short stories and the author feels that this was how Poe was best able to deal with the pain and sorrow he suffered from losing two people he loved very dearly.
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"In ?The Fall of the House of Usher?, Poe tells the tale of Roderick and Madeline Usher and their fall into despair and madness. The story is seen from the perspective of Roderick?s boyhood friend who we come to know as the narrator. As we stay with Roderick and his friend we notice the dissipation of Roderick?s personality and in some ways this is mirrored in their reading of the Mad Trist which he ?had called it a favorite of Usher?s more in sad jest than in earnest?(Tales, pg160). The hero of the tale, Ethelred must break into the dwelling of the hermit and slay the dragon that guards the palace in order to obtain the brass shield which is hung upon its wall. "
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Edgar Allen Poe: Forever Locked in Memory, 2005.
This paper compares and contrasts two horror authors, Sheridan LeFanu and Edgar Allen Poe.
1,497 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper compares the works of Sheridan LeFanu and Edgar Allen Poe. It focuses predominantly on why Poe is better known, although they address similar themes. It explains that LeFanu's stories, though technically well-written and at least briefly engaging are rigidly conventional by today's standards and thus immediately forgotten. It points out, however, that Poe's stories baffle the reader, sending them through a tangled web of complicated sentences, strenuous adjectives, and puzzling layers of multiple interpretations.
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"The mainstream film industry appears to be crawling with insipid, run-of-the-mill movies, which despite managing to temporarily captivate our attention, never quite seem to leave much of an impression. They essentially serve as a momentary means of time disposal. Occasionally, however a film comes along which portrays such brilliantly penetrating individuality and piercing emotion, we find ourselves endlessly haunted, long after our initial viewing. The world of literature can be similarly divided. Two prime examples of such opposites emerged from the literary horror genre of the mid-nineteenth century: Sheridan LeFanu and Edgar Allen Poe."
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Edgar Allen Poe, 2002.
This essay discusses the life and works of Edgar Allen Poe.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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The first section considers significant life events, emphasizing Poe's battles with mental illness and addiction. The second section examines some of the dominant literary themes in Poe's works. Third, this essay provides a detailed critical analysis of some of Poe's major works. The paper concludes with personal perspectives of Edgar Allen Poe.
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Edgar Allen Poe, 2007.
An analysis of the life and works of Edgar Allen Poe, particularly his poem, "The Raven."
1,962 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses the life of the great American writer, Edgar Allan Poe, who passed away on October 7, 1849. The paper presents excerpts from several obituaries written about Poe, in order to describe his life and work. The paper then provides some generalizations and critiques of Poe's works, particularly his famous poem, "The Raven."
Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Life of Poe
Poe's Literature - Generalizations and Critiques of his Work
The Raven
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"Meanwhile when approaching a story by Edgar Allan Poe, the reader knows full well what to expect; something grim, shocking, bloody, evil, dark, sinister, and possibly something surprising is bound to happen. It may even be hideously frightening, and that will not be a shock to the senses of an experienced reader of Poe. But the real point of reviewing a Poe short story in the context of literary criticism, the real challenge, is to learn from the master himself. Reading Poe should be more than mere entertainment; it should be a learning experience in terms of how to use irony, how to produce sardonic humor, and how to employ bold and even cold narrative."
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The Literary Works of Edgar Allen Poe, 2004.
An analysis of the themes of death and horror in the ?The Cask of Amontillado?, ?The Bells?, and ?The Haunted Palace? by Edgar Allen Poe.
2,268 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper examines how the themes of death and horror are explicitly expressed in Poe?s story, ?The Cask of Amontillado? and how, similarly, artistic expression of the same themes is illustrated in his poems, ?The Bells? and ?The Haunted Palace.? The author posits that, in these literary works, the themes of death and horror are contained, and what makes these works distinct from Poe?s other works is that it represents two symbols of ?truths? about human nature. It looks at how the theme of horror is illustrated by the protagonist?s or Voice?s (in the case of the poems) descent towards insanity, while the theme of death is best represented by the commitment of murder or simply a depiction of the individual?s effort to conceal or escape his insanity through death.
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"His mastery of the horror and mystery genre allowed Poe to create literary works that have, interestingly, symbolically represented the fears of humanity?tales and poems of horror that depict death, nightmares, and ultimately, the descent towards insanity, an outright escape from the realities of the world. Indeed, the correlation between death and horror is embedded in almost every tale and poem Poe creates for his audience. Ultimately, horror is presented as a precursor to death, a progression from the self-realization about the truth of the nature of one?s self towards seeking refuge in death in order to escape this ?truth.?"
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