Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees -- very gradually -- I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever. ... These stories do not contain any kind of metaphors or small-talk; instead the author gets right to the point, presenting each taken step in a detailed, detached and cold fashion. ...
In our modern world today, we are affected by the many number of stories we hear. But how do the authors of these short stories keep the reader exited and focused? Suspense. Suspense is the type of writing skill authors use to give readers uncertainty about the conclusion of the story. In some stori...
To the surprise of both Roderick and the narrator, Madeline enters the room that they are located in wearing a blood stained dress, the flesh of her fingers raw, and her appearance thinned and ghastly. ... The story ends with the narrator only looking back once as he flees and when he does he sees the house of Usher cave in, revealing a blood-red moon just behind the settling rubble. ... Damp, dark, cold catacombs with walls covered in human bone and moss is enough to invoke nightmares, not to mention a psychotic murderer who is believed to be a friend (Wilson 52). ...
An unreliable narrator is a narrator who cannot be trusted and is biased. There are many reasons why they may be biased, some include ignorance, mentally unstable, or they want to tell the story from a point of view that does not incriminate them. Many authors who write fiction use unreliable narrat...
"The Tell Tale Heart" is a story, on the most basic level, of conflict. There is a mental conflict within the narrator himself. Through obvious clues and statements, Poe alerts the reader to the narrator's insanity. The insanity is described as an obsession, which in turn leads to loss of contro...
