Discussion At First, when Poe wrote this short tale he called it "Life in Death" but later he changed its title to "The Oval Portrait" .As an overall picture or a summary for the plot of the story, the setting is in an abandoned chateau in Apennines, Italy. ... He also finds a volume discussing about this picture which starts like this: "She was a maiden of rarest beauty, and not more lovely than full of glee. ... At last when he finishes his work he felt appalled and said "this is indeed life itself! ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate