For a reader who may notice the similarities between short stories and poetry, may not that easily recognize the differences between the two. ... Now this may not always be the case but for the most part, short stories are generally longer than poems. ... One can also say that a poem may be more direct and to the point where a short story can draw itself out to last longer. To explain further about the pattern of the two, understanding the difference in the rhythm and rhyme between short stories and poems may help. ... Poems almost give a listener the distinct impression that they may be lis...

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The motivation of short story characters, as well as the theme, is revealed by authors through dialogue, setting and symbolism. These three stories stress the need for this kind of writing. ... The story presents an obstacle in each section of the path that Phoenix has to surmount. ... But the story also reveals the necessity for her goal in the man made setting. ... It makes them complete and gives each story their particular character....

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The story often takes place in a real and viable way, in a world that is not yet reality. ... Science fiction stories are fictional stories with scientific theories that explains known phenomenon or predicts new phenomenon. ... The editor was the journalist and publisher Hugo Gernsback, who labelled this kind of stories "scientification". ... The first time they emerged was in Hugo Gernsback's magazine "Wonder Stories", after "Amazing Stories" had disappeared. John Wyndham had written short science fiction stories in both of these magazines. ...

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Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher", and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" are two quite incredible short stories of madness, though they are both different in scenario. ... For the most part, this story is built upon the madness of Roderick's character. Each of the characters in this story are different personalities of Roderick Usher, so the entire story takes place within the isolation of his own mind, and more essentially, he is the nature of madness in this story. ... Madness is not only significant in this story, it is this story. ... Aga...

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In many of the stories we have read in class, the theme of mental illness has been present. ... Mental illnesses, at the times of these stories being published, were not very well understood and made them fascinating and disturbing to the readers. ... The last paragraph of the story lends more credence to the fact that he is a psychopath in which he tells us "[his] heart grew sick – on account of the dampness of the catacombs." ... Charlotte Gilman actually suffered from depression herself and the treatments used on her are believed to be her inspiration for writing this story. ... Th...

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The school children in the short story, "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury, treat Margot very cruelly. ... This premise presents itself in the short story by Richard Connell. ... All three short stories presented are excellent examples of man's inhumanity to man. ... The school children in the short story by Ray Bradbury treat Margot very cruelly. ... In Edgar Allen Poe's short story, Montresor locks Fortunato in the basement to die. ...

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Most of Edgar Allen Poe's short stories are aggressive, dark, bizarre, and written in a incentive style. ... In this short story, The Cask of Amontillado, Poe used vivid diction and unorthodox syntax to give this story a mystifying character. The syntax of the short story can be seen as complicated and wordy. ... While reading the short story, I noticed that the writer chose some rarely-used words. ... Overall, The Cask of Amontillado is a dark short story with a gothic character. ...

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Edgar Allan Poe, often called the "father of short stories" incorporated both forms into his style of writing. His short story, "The Masque of the Red Death" was specifically written to both horrify and disgust the reader while using the elements of Romance and Gothic Romance. ... Poe's short stories, meant to horrify and disgust people, are done so by the Elements of Romance. ... A castle is where most of the story takes place. ... Poe, the "father of the short story" adapted the Romantic style and revised it to what people still today are using to write their own movies, books, and nove...

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In Angela Carters 'The Bloody Chamber' death appears in most of the short stories, but in different ways both actually and metaphorically. ... Similarly, in "The Snow Child," the count appears to have an unhealthy fascination with death as an act of necrophilia arises at the climax of the short story. ... As the short story progresses, the narrator discovers more and more victims of the Marquis's murders. ... This event of graphic necrophilia is considered the most graphic image in the collection of short stories which explicitly portrays the Count's obsession with death ...

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The Tell - Tale Heart The Tell - Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. ... The Tell Tale Heart is a story of total hatred for another person. ... The Tell Tale Heart is a typical Poe short story. As in many of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories there is one main theme. ... This is the theme most often used in Poe short stories because Poe wants to terrorize the reader. ...

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Above all of these devices centers Poe's use of diction throughout the short story. ... This is continued throughout the rest of the short story with the use of many similar adjectives and descriptions. ... The goal of Edgar Allan Poe in all of his short stories is to convey one particular effect to the reader. ... I agree, in this short story a man comes to visit his friend Roderick. ... In conclusion I feel Edgar uses both characteristics, human perversity and ratiocination in the short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher ...

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Edgar Allen Poe is one of the most significant poetry and short story writers of all time. ... His method of the unity of effect was achieved like nowhere else in his short story, "The Fall of "The House of Usher."" ... Poe believed that a poem or a short story should be read in a single sitting, so that the problems of the world around the reader would not distract him from the unity of the poem or the story itself. "The Fall of The House of Usher- is certainly a short story that is easily read in a single sitting. ... The last aspect of Poe's "Unity of Effect- is that all details of a...

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Above all of these devices centers Poe's use of diction throughout the short story. ... This is continued throughout the rest of the short story with the use of many similar adjectives and descriptions. ... As in almost all of Poe's stories, "The Fall of the House of Usher- takes place in autumn. ... The goal of Edgar Allan Poe in all of his short stories is to convey one particular effect to the reader. He does this very effectively through his use of diction, imagery, and foreshadowing throughout the short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher-. ...

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As Poe put the scientifically proven facts into the basis of the work, he eventually created outstanding poems and short stories which later influenced other authors and trends in literature. Edgar was the inventor of the detective fiction genre and also famous for his poetry like "The Raven", and short stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart". ... Another way that Edgar Allan Poe showed his qualities as a writer was by a popular short story called "The Tell-Tale Heart". He first published the story in January 1843, in the short-lived Pioneer magazine. ... "The Tell-T...

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Edgar Allen Poe was an American writer whose short stories and poems commonly reflected death. One of his short stories, "The Fall of the House of Usher," is about a termination of a family and their home. This short story best represents Poe's sense of despair and gloominess because of the literary element, symbolism, used in this story to create a constant reference towards death. ... Throughout the story, the narrator, like the house is falling. ... This famous quote can also be used to describe the short story of Poe's describing the Fall of the House of Usher, with death raini...

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Edgar Allan Poe is an infamous writer best known for his poems and short fiction. ... Over the next ten years Poe established himself as a poet, an editor and a short story writer. ... Most importantly, his short stories are brilliantly entertaining. "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" are two short stories written by Edgar Allan Poe. ... "The Tell-Tale Heart" is one of Poe's many short stories where the protagonist experiences madness, suspense and a form of torture. ...

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Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving have similar views on death and the afterlife that they express in their short stories which is in agreement with some of the fundamental ideas of Puritanism. ... In this story, Puritans would consider everyone around Mr. Hooper to be carelessly sinning and unprepared for the next world, which is the common theme between these three short stories. ... Each of them wrote a story of what Puritanism isn't, and then in their own way they condemned it. ... By showing that they themselves, if even for a moment, saw what they were doi...

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The theme is a very important aspect of a short story; it is one of the most important parts of the story's layout. ... Revenge is sworn at the beginning of the story by the character Montresor, who is also the narrator. ... Fortunato's indulgence in wine is clearly his downfall and is very important to the story. ... The literary element of theme always plays a big part in short stories, as the writer's main idea and point he is trying to convey in the theme is what the whole story is based on. Poe uses many dark negative themes in his work such as revenge, this short story...

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Edgar Allen Poe: Writing Style The short story writer which I have chosen to research is Edgar Allen Poe. ... The whole setting in the story provides us with a feeling of melancholy. ... Narration is also an element in Poe's short story style that appears to link all of the stories together. ... Many of the characters in Poe's stories seem to be insane. ... Poe's stories often have narrators that feel extreme hate or extreme love for another character in the story. ...

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This idea is clearly portrayed throughout the poem "The Raven" and short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". ... Just as in "The Raven", Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart", is told in the first-person this time by the killer himself, who has obviously been locked up in a prison or in an insane asylum for his crime because of his detached ramblings. ... Things that that killer obsesses about are brought up several times in the short story. ... Poe incorporates himself into his short stories with his dark, poetic writing style as means of representing the evil in him as well as ...

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When reading a short story one may feel happy, sad, or even scared. The way the story makes the reader feel is called the mood of the story. ... The setting of the story is grim. ... The resolution of the story is sad. ... Poe was a master at writing the short story, and everything in the story donate to the mood. ...

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"The Black Cat" and "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe are very appealing short stories which both deal with the theme of death. ... "The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story of revenge with a powerful man named "Montresor" vowing to kill the town jester Fortunato who insulted him. ... Another technique Edgar Allan Poe uses to convey death in these two short stories is word choice. ... Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are two extremely intriguing short stories which both deal with the theme of death and the legendary writer uses techniques such as...

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That is apparent in one of his best-known short stories, The Masque of the Red Death. There are endless examples and interpretations of symbolism in this story. ... The major symbols in this story are the ebony clock, Prince Prospero, and the seven colored rooms. ... This short story is chockfull of symbolism and allegories about death. ... The clock plays such a giant part in the story foreshadowing that death was approaching. ...

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Prime examples of Poe's sadistic style of writing can be found in the short stories entitled, "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Cask of Amontillado." ... Even though Poe immerses both stories with dark romantic gloom through his graphic sensory images, the subject of each story contrasts in many ways. ... "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Poe is a short story about an individual named Roderick Usher who invites an old friend who he hasn't seen in many years. ... "The Cask of Amontillado" is also a short story by Poe that is solely about revenge. ... "The Cask of Amontilla...

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This short story, The Fall of the House of Usher, has a very dark mood which will be exposed as the audience is gradually sucked into the plot. ... Poe uses contextual symbols in this story to create the depressing mood that this specific short story is notorious for. ... This helps the reader better understand the mood of the story. ... Creating a mood for a story will determine the overall outcome based on what the reader thinks. ... Through the use of imagery Poe was capable of establishing the depressing mood of the short story since he was typically focused more on the darker side of s...

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