DEFINITIONS OF THE DOPPELGÄNGER TECHNIQUE 1. The  doppelganger  is a literary technique in which a double (or look-alike) appears in the story as a representation of evil. 2. The doppelganger technique is a literary technique by which a character is duplicated (usually in the form of an alter ego, though sometimes as a ghostly counterpart) or divided into two distinct, usually opposite personalities. ... Many critics consider Poe the founder of the so called doppelganger technique, in literature. What does this technique involve? ...

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A Norwegian painter named Edvard Munch, a very competent man he was and known as one of arts histories great and an American writer named Edgar Allan Poe which always has been a paradox in American literary history. ... Edvard Munch lived a longer life then Edgar Allan Poe, but both men were still became a big part of Art and American Literary history. ... Edgar Allan Poe has always been a paradox in American literary history. ... His stories, once dismissed as kind of gothic thrillers are now being analyzed for their self-conscious manipulation of narrative devices and their darkly view o...

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Poe also attempted to address what he thought of as the proper themes and techniques that made his writing resonate with people the world over. ... Valdemar" is an excellent example of his concepts of literary vagueness and unity. ...

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Despite his surface simplicity, Poe's artistry can be appreciated only when a reader explores his use of literary devices. ... Poe masterfully combines many literary techniques to fully achieve this spooky feeling. ...

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The Dark Side of Poe Edgar Allen Poe was known as a Dark Romantic because of his style of writing. A Dark Romantic was known for valuing intuition over logic and reason and thought that human events had certain signs and symbols behind them. Poe used the literary technique of symbolism very well...

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Every author has a personal style of writing, which is generally carried out in every literary piece composed by that author. ... In "The Fall of the House of Usher- Edgar Allan Poe uses many different literary devices to convey his single effect of dullness and gloom. ... Virtually all of Edgar Allen Poe's stories concerned themes of human perversity and involve the technique of ratiocination. ...

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"The Cask of Amontillado •is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most masterful tales of horror. Poe writes about how past wounds and human pride lead Montressor to acts of violence •even pre-meditated murder. Poe relates to the audience how Montressor's social status was changed by Fortunato, and the v...

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