The truth found in his writings is just too awe-inspiring when it comes to the rendering of those darker motives that drive us on. ... In many of Poe's works, setting is used to render a dark and gloomy picture in the reader's mind. ... Afterwards, the narrator does not even feel remorse for the wrongful death of his wife. ... Opposed to many other stories Poe has added a new element to aid in evoking the dark side of the narrator, and that is the supernatural. ... For those who believe, they are symbols of bad luck, death, witchcraft, sorcery, and the spirits of the dead. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In addition, the Gothic tradition in literature, Dark Romanticism and the challenging effects this genre of writing has on human mind, whether for the writer or the reader of horror stories will be debated. ... He is also one of the foremost pioneers of detective fiction and is generally considered part of the American Romantic Movement especially Dark Romanticism. ... The main concern of this paper is to explore the reasons behind all these dark, coarse and dreadful imagery appeared in Poe's stories, in here "The Oval Portrait". ... In the twentieth and twenty- first centuries,...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His eyes, with long dark lashes, were hazel-gray. Poe's brain, on the other hand, worked on a different, more darker, wavelength than others. ... Then I opened the door wide, and there was only darkness and nothing else (23-24). I stood there for a long time, peering deep into that darkness, wondering, fearing, doubting and dreaming dreams no being ever dared to dream before (25-26). The silence remained unremitting and the darkness gave no sign (27). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Several of his poems seem to be a direct reflection of his trials in life having to deal with the death or loss of many of the women who were very close to him. ... And in this case, it is a journey to heaven after her death. ... However, as the poem continues, the reader sees the dark aspect that is attached to so much of Poe's work. The thoughts of the moon shining every night to remind him of that which he had lost, of the stars never rising without her memory, and of the way he spends his nights next to "her tomb by the sounding sea," show how Poe exemplifies darkness even through ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He was admitted into the Washington College Hospital where he died a lonely death, separated from his loved ones, on October 7, 1849. His fiancée Elmira and mother-in-law Maria were not even notified of his death, but instead learned about it through the newspapers. ... The narrator describes Ligeia for a while, painting her as having dark hair and eyes and as very beautiful, smart, and flawless. ... This possibly mirrors the ever present reality of death in Poe's life, constantly reminding him of his morbid reality. ... At this point in Poe's life, he had already experienced ...

• Word Count: 3693
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School