In the case of the chosen pieces, short story "William Wilson"" by Edgar Allan Poe and the poem "The Tunnel"" by Mark Strand, both stories slowly draw the reader into an empathy with the main characters. The short story by Poe forces the reader to attempt to find veiled redeeming qualities within the main character, William Wilson. ... Poe shows a distinct picture for the reader in his description of the boyhood school of Williams Wilson. ... Poe chooses to include such a large degree of details that a reader must recommence the story in order to be able to calculate all that is given. ... Fur...

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