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Poe and O'Connor: Gothic to the Max.
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(5 pp) What is in the human condition that prompts us to enjoy being scared? Ghost stories at Halloween; escaped criminal stories around the campfire; or creatures rising from the dead, all serve that part of us that tingles with frightening tales. Gothic stories, are, that group of literary works, which do exactly that. Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery O'Connor are wonderful examples of this genre. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Poe and The Masque of the Red Death
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An 8 page research paper/essay that examines Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Masque of the Red Death.” This short story has been extensively interpreted as an allegory by scholarship. Situated within a canon that is renowned for its chilling effect on the reader, as well as Poe’s often enigmatic plots, “The Masque of the Red Death” can also be viewed as representing the apex of this thematic trend in Poe’s work as this story can be interpreted as the embodiment of humanity’s instinctive reaction against the knowledge that everyone will eventually succumb to death’s ultimate dominion. This interpretation becomes evident by examining the structure of the narrative, the characterization and, most prominently, by the way in which Poe suggests the identity of the narrator. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Poe and Whitman/On Science
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A 4 page essay that compares and contrasts 2 poems by Poe and Whitman. Poe's "Sonnet--To Science" and Whitman's "When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer," address not only the same subject matter, but also they take an identical stand on the topic. While Poe's poem is the most overt in its message, Whitman also takes the stand that science, specifically astronomy, attempts to drain the beauty and mystery from life and turns the wondrous into the mundane. No additional sources cited.
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Poe as a Romantic Writer
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A 5 page essay that examines Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Fall of the House of Usher as an example of Poe as a romantic author. The writer defines "romantic" in this context and then goes on to profile the romantic qualities of the narrative. No additional sources cited.
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Poe's "Never Bet the Devil Your Head"
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A five page paper looking at this satirical story by Edgar Allan Poe. The paper points out that satire is an unusual genre for Poe, although the story is typically macabre; but, in addition to being a gentle jibe at Transcendentalism, this story argues that not all fiction must have an obvious moral to have merit. Bibliography lists six sources.
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Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat"
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A 6 page paper which compares Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" illustrating that the two stories involve what Poe termed the "spirit of perverseness." The paper examines how both narrators are trying to lay blame on something other than themselves for their inherent personalities. Their attempt to blame, and kill, only comes back to haunt them. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
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Poe's Cask of Amontillado
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A 5 page research paper/essay that presents an argument concerning the correct interpretation of Poe's famous short story. The scholarly interpretations that have been penned regarding Edgar Allan Poe's famous and enigmatic short story "A Cask of Amontillado" are numerous. Some critics focus on the irrationality of Montresor's behavior, while others, such as John Gruesser, argue that Montresor suffered from a guilty conscience when he made his confession and that "Fortunato literally and figuratively gets the last laugh in the tale because he knows that lies ahead for Montresor and himself in the next world" (Gruesser 129). Rather than take this position regarding the meaning of the story, it seems truer to the tone of the narrative, as well as Poe's careful characterization of Montresor, to argue that Montresor saw himself as being the hand of God in the enactment of his revenge, but that, having accomplished this purpose, he allowed himself in retrospect to feel pity for his victim. This point is substantiated by Poe's remarks on how to write a short story; the use of Latin in the story and Poe's characterization of both Montresor and Fortunato. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Poe's Gothic Obsession
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A 7 page research paper that examines Edgar Allan Poe's "the Cask of Amontillado" and "The Fall of the House of Usher." The writer argues that it is possible to gain a deeper appreciation of Poe's skill at using the horrific and the gothic to delve into the darker recesses of the human psyche. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Poe's Masque of the Red Death And Cask Of Amontillado
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This 5 page paper argues that the short stories, The Masque Of Red Death and The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe, use the theme of death as the foundation for life's experiences. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Poe's Philosophy of Composition Applied to Twain
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A 10 page research paper that examines Edgar Allan Poe's "The Philosophy of Composition," and then examines Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as to how well it follows the process described by Poe. The writer argues that Twain's masterpiece does fit Poe's pattern. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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