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This paper analyzes the various stories and novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe, with a focus on character development. The paper compares the themes of romantic fate and death within the short stories analyzes the characters to identify how death underlies these tales. The paper then analyzes the theme of romantic fate.

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"Character Analysis: Comparing the Themes of Romantic Fate and Death within the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe In this literary study, the theme of romantic fate and death in the short stories and novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe will be examined. By analyzing the various theme of death that arise in Poe's "The Cask of the Amontillado" and Hawthorne's "The Birthmark", a character analysis will be brought forth to identify how death underlies these tales. Furthermore, the theme of romantic fate will be presented with a character analysis perspective in Poe's poem "Ligeia" and Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter" and The Scarlet Letter to define love that can never be consummated. In essence, these various literary forms project a character representation of romantic love and death, which abound within the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe."

Tags:poe, hawthorne, death

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This paper considers the calculation in Poe's art, both in his poetry and in his fiction. The paper examines the calculation in terms of rationalism being imposed on Romantic literature and looks at how Poe takes the Gothic genre, which is characterized by feeling, and aspires towards a calculated effect instead. The paper relates that by doing this, Poe reinvents the genre and makes it much more powerful. The poem "The Raven", and the short stories "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", are examined in order to illustrate the paper's point.

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"He made the greatest impact on literature, both in America and abroad, through his short stories. If the novel was the key invention of the 18th century, then the key literary invention of the 19th century was the short story, and it was Poe who finally perfected the medium. According to Poe's definition, the short story is a piece of fiction entirely calculated for the effect on the reader at the denouement. Before this point nobody had written short fiction under such strict measures, and in the process of composing his short stories Poe was laying down the outlines for the genre that were to become the norm. The principal guideline that Poe stressed was the "unity of effect or impression" (Essays, 571). The Fall of the House of Usher is a perfect example. Poe was impatient with the use of metaphor in literature, but he cannot avoid it, because the fall which the story describes is a metaphorical fall of the Usher dynasty. "

Tags:Gothic, Romanticism, raven, fall, house, usher, tell-tale, heart

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This paper compares and contrasts Poe's use of setting, characterization, plot, and suspense in two of his most famous works, "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "Ligeia." Significant attention is devoted to the ideas of death and resurrection that Poe explores in these stories, as well as the otherworldly beauty of his characters and the macabre settings of the tales.

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"Edgar Allan Poe is a true pioneer in American literature. Breaking new ground with his stories of mystery, science fiction and haunting poetry, he is perhaps best known to audiences for his tales of the morbid and the macabre. "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "Ligeia" are two such stories that exemplify Poe's mastery of the gothic tale: both are set in worlds of darkness and decay, populated by people of unusual beauty and disposition, and both center around themes of illness, the haunting pain of losing a loved one, and the possible resurrection of the dead."

Tags:gothic, horror, resurrection

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"The American author Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849) was a master of the literary genre known as the Gothic story. Gothic stories are romantic tales of terror and the supernatural, which rely a great deal on scene and setting to convey a sense of horror to the reader. The Gothic story came into being in the year 1764, with the publishing of The Castle of Otranto, A Gothic Story, by the British author Horace Walpole, who "started the genre, supplied its name, and established its favorite trappings" (Kennedy 176). The crumbling castle or shadowy mansion, as well as the dark and stormy night, are typical elements of the Gothic tale. This paper will compare two short stories in the Gothic style by Edgar Allen Poe, namely "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "Ligeia," in terms of such elements as setting, characters and the idea of life after death. It will be seen..."

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This paper studies the life and work of three romantic writers: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe and John Keats. It focuses on their attitudes toward the idea of the role and responsibilities of artists to society. The paper examines each author individually, but attempts to make connections between their attitudes.

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"The function of the artist played a key element in the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Keats and Edgar Allen Poe. Each of these three artists felt an urge "a responsibility" that goes along with the thrill of writing. Each examined the role of an artist in society. Each examined the responsibilities of artists."

Tags:attitude, artist, writer, poet, author, society, responsibility, role, romantic, poetry, novel

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Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville speak to the modern age through the psychological insight they bring to their characters. The paper shows that these 19th Century Romantics wrote in an era before the science of psychology had been created, but they show the ability to develop ideas about the workings of the human mind and to express these through characters who are realistic in psychological terms even in the most fantastic of situations. The paper discusses their ability to show the contrast between the bizarre nature of the story and the psychological reality of the characters that says something to us about the human condition. Works discussed in the paper, among others, are "The Tell-Tale Heart" (Poe), "Young Goodman Brown" (Hawthorne) and "Billy Budd" (Melville).

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"In his short story "Young Goodman Brown," Nathaniel Hawthorne creates an image of innocence compromised in the face of the evil of the world, an evil that is always hidden and that masquerades at times as the height of probity. The way the story is presented leaves a question open as to whether Young Goodman Brown's experience was real or a vision. Hawthorne in this story does what he often does in his fiction -- he juxtaposes light and dark, good and evil, innocence and experience, and fashions a moral fable out of the interaction of opposites, doing so in a way that leaves issues unresolved and that hints at the moral struggle in the world without truly resolving it or issues it raises about human behavior."

Tags:Faith, Major, Molineaux

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This paper examines and analyzes Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher", which according to the paper engages with dark romanticism. The paper further notes that Poe gave rise to this particular strand of romanticism. The paper compares romanticism to dark romanticism, further noting that dark romanticism had a large focus on creating atmospheres of gloom and terror, macabre events, melodramatic violence and psychological states. The paper then cites examples of dark romanticism in "The House of Usher." Additionally, the paper describes various characters in the story and their relationships with one another. The paper concludes by stating that Poe's story is a dark romantic text which signifies the changes taking place to romanticism which has become inferior to its darker counterpart.

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"To understand how dark romanticism engages with Poe s story we must first examine the concept of romanticism and the differences between it and dark romanticism. Romanticism had a reliance on emotions and natural passions, and was an artistic philosophy. There were large focuses on the power of the imagination, the artist as a hero, as well as large interest in the idea of the supernatural. Poe however changed this and gave rise to the term, dark romanticism. This basically involved in taking romanticism one step further in terms of what it already dealt with. More emphasis was given to the frontier of the mind instead of physical nature, as well as more attention not only to imagination but the human mind itself. Poe believed there to be sin and darkness within people, and was fascinated with the unconscious and emotions of fear, terror and madness; things that rationality had never been interested. As such, dark romanticism brought nature into the city where it became scary and threatening; as seen in "House of Usher" during the violent storm. Furthermore, dark romanticism had a large focus on creating atmospheres of gloom and terror, macabre events, melodramatic violence and psychological states."

Tags:romanticism, super natural, fear, emotions, insanity

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In this article, the writer discusses Edgar Allen Poe's poem "To Helen (Poem of a Later Life)", as a piece of persuasive flattery. The writer contends that the flattery is self-serving and that Poe was interested in his artistic legacy as much as persuading the recipient to marry him.

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"Edgar Allan Poe was a poet short-story writer and critic. During his prolific writing career, Poe would produce many volumes of verse short stories and criticism. He was also a man whose life was characterized by frequent financial difficulties, failed or tragic love affairs and or marriages and a seemingly unquenchable romantic. A number of his love affairs served him well as the source of ideas for his poems among which "To Helen (Poem of Later Life)" ... "

Tags:Edgar Allen Poe, To Helen

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This paper looks at Edgar Allan Poe, his life and his work, and how they were affected by alcoholism. It looks at how the theme of alcoholism crept into his stories by having alcoholics as characters, or characters descending into madness from drinking. It shows that despite his drinking problems, Poe produced masterpieces that have world wide acclaim and are still high on the reading list of mystery lovers today.

Tags:Edgar Allan Poe, alcoholism

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This paper relates that Romanticism is a complex literary and artistic movement that began around the second half of the 18th Century in Western Europe and how it was mostly embodied in music, literature and the arts. In particular, the paper examines Romanticism's impact on literature and how it emphasized women and children and respect for nature. The paper looks at how the revival of ancient myths, customs, and traditions by Romantic poets helped native cultures stand out against dominant nations.

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"Romanticism was not only a movement in music but also in literature too. In literature it generally refers to the late eighteenth up until the mid nineteenth century. Emphasis was put on women and children, and the respect for nature. Even further on this there were other poets such as Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne based their writings upon supernatural, occult, and human psychology which they were fascinated with. Romanticism played a very important part in enlightening those who lived in Central Europe and lacked their own national states. The revival of ancient myths, customs, and traditions by Romantic poets helped in making their native cultures stand out against the dominant nations."

Tags:Edgar, Allen, Poe, Nathaniel, Hawthorne, Yeats