Poe's parents were David Poe and Elizabeth Arnold Poe, an actor and actress that worked in the city of Baltimore (Britannica). ... In 1811 when Poe was two his mother died. That left him with his second depressing loss in only his first two years of life (540). ... In 1843 Poe published one his greatest works, "The Tell-Tale Heart- (Encarta). ... Poe also used his memory of the past, to set the theme for his literature works. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

There were two men that both had incredible talents in two completely different fields. ... His work often included the symbolic portrayal of such themes as misery, sickness, and death. ... Nevertheless, the timelessness of and attractions to Poe's work is evident in the fact that many people can still recite portions of Poe's famous poem "The Raven" and vividly remember such tales as "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Cask of Amontillado." ... In 1864, their family moved to the city of Oslo. ... At the time of Poe's birth, few cities could af...

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In this essay I will examine how Poe utilizes plot elements, style, narration, setting, theme, symbolization, and literary devices in order to create such a horrific and suspenseful masterpiece. ... In its surface were two iron staples, distant from each other about two feet, horizontally. ... The story begins around dusk, one evening during the carnival season in an Italian city. ... "The Cask of Amontillado" is a powerful tale of revenge. Montresor, the sinister narrator of this tale, pledges revenge upon Fortunato for an insult. ...

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A major theme that can be found in Poe's writings though, is that of tragedy and lost love. ... Poe was born on January 19, 1809 to David and Elizabeth Poe, two traveling actors, in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Poe was disappointed with his very low pay and moved to New York City to seek work during the financial crisis of 1837. ... He had moved to the countryside, where he only lived two more years. ... The room apparently quickly takes its toll on Lady Rowena as she quickly becomes sick within the first two months there. ...

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The juxtaposition of Poe's life and work is most evident in the morbid personalities and melancholy themes of his literary compositions, similar to those of his life. ... In the first of the poem's three stanzas, Poe compares Helen's beauty to the ships of Nicea, a city near the Sea of Marmara. ... He stated his age as twenty-two, although he was just eighteen. In his two years in the Army, he rose to be regimental sergeant major. ... For the next two years he turned to free-lance writing. ...

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The book records Thoreau's experiences in a hand-built cabin, where he spent two years in partial seclusion, at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. ... As exemplified in this poem, "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" (recited by an actor), Dickinson focused on themes relating to death, eternity, and love, usually in short four-line stanzas. ... His "The Gold Bug" (1843) tells the tale of a search for buried treasure on a South Carolina island lV. ... In 1899 Robinson moved to New York City, where his volume Captain Craig and Other Poems (1902) attracted little interest. ...

• Word Count: 1931
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• Grade Level: High School