Though the particular incident of the Indian man's suicide is not incessantly brought up during the duration of each short story, the issue of death is a recurring theme. ... After pondering the inevitable for what seems like an eternity in the dark woods all alone, Nick fires three shots into the night sky---the signal for his father and uncle to come back in case of an emergency. ... Regardless of Nick's close experience with death, he was still not prepared for the ultimate devastation a human being can undertake---a broken heart. ... Though Nick did commit a crime---the shooti...

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The motif of madness is also used as a means of ravage of the mind which could result in death as it is portrayed in, "The Fall of the House of Usher.... "3 Besides frightening subjects like death, disease, dark setting, haunted locations and others, characters who exhibit madness4 are the gothic elements incorporated in number of his stories, like for example in, "The Fall of the House of Usher," "Berenice," and, "The Cask of Amontillado....

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This situation occurs because Robert is an old friend of the narrator's wife, and she arranges for him to stay at her home for a visit following the death of his wife. ... An example of this was when he assumed all blind people wore dark glasses, and it even bothered him that Robert did not; he went as far as to say "I wished he had a pair" (Norton36) and described the way his eyes moved around as "Creepy" (Norton36). ...

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