Using poetic elements such as imagery and sensory perception, Poe illustrates a fairytale-like romance that is tragically cut short, perceivably by envious angels in heaven. ... The reference to "the demons down under the sea", seem to suggest this (perhaps Annabel Lee had drowned). The speaker, however, is convinced that something much more disturbing and complex has taken place: a conspiracy by the covetous and jealous angels in Heaven has taken away his love. ... He is angry, yet determined, even though Annabel Lee is physically gone, to be with his love, in spirit, forever "And neither the...

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The angels crying represents that God does love the human race and is sad that it is going to become extinct. ... --with mortal pangs The mimes become its food, And the angels sob at vermin fangs In human gore imbued. ... They loved each other so much that even the angels in heaven grew jealous of the love they had together. The angels grew so jealous of the love that they murdered Annabel Lee. ... "But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we - Of many far wiser than we - And neither the angels in Heaven above Nor the demons down under the s...

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• Grade Level: High School

As the play unfolds, a Good Angle and an Evil Angel come to Faustus after his thoughts about necromancy. The two angels represent his choice between Christian good conscience and the path to eternal damnation (Marlowe 8). ... Satan disobeys God, and the uprising led by him in the Heaven results in the fall of Satan and angels from the light to darkness and suffering. ... Milton presents Satan an Archangel in Heaven, which is a high rank in the hierarchy of angels (Milton 195). Nevertheless, his pride, defiance, and desire to gain more authority than God makes him rebel against God and event...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Vainly, I tried to borrow happiness from my books in order to quell my own sadness- sorrow for the lost Lenore, the rare and radiant maiden named by angels, never again to be mentioned here on earth (9-12). ... Then, I imagine, the air grew thicker, scented from something unseen raised by angels whose faint footsteps tapped on the floor covered with tufted carpet (79-80). "Rat,"" I cried, "your God has sent you with these angels to ease the pain and induce forgetfulness of sorrow from the memories of Lenore; let me gulp this drug and forget the dead Lenore!... His eyes have all the ...

• Word Count: 2508
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School