While Edgar Allan Poe is certainly known for his use of dark satire, symbolism, and crafty use of many other literary elements, it is in The Cask of Amontillado that the utilization of dramatic irony stands out the most. Although this tale of misfortune and suspense on its own is a compelling read, it is the use and incorporation of these devices by the mastermind that is Poe that makes this story an excellent choice for literary analysis. ... By the use of this literary element, Poe's tale of a madman's revenge invites the reader on a captivating journey into the mind of a killer as...

• Word Count: 933
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography

Short story analysis of: The Cask of Amontillado By: Edgar Allen Poe In one of Edgar Allen Poe's best-known Tales of horror, "The Cask Of Amontillado," he suggests that pride can be a very dangerous thing. ... 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. ... "The Cask of Amontillado" had extensive usage of many literary devices. ... Another literary device Poe used many times in this story was foreshadowing. ...

• Word Count: 2072
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Definitions Transcendentalism- a system of philosophy, especially that associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other New England writers, that emphasizes intuition or the divine Romanticism- in the arts, the style and theories of the romantic movement, or the movement itself Aphorism- a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century 11. ... There, in 1925, his literary skills were discovered after he left three of his poems beside the plate of American poet Vachel Lindsay, who recognized Hughes's abilities and subsequently helped publicize Hughe...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The  doppelganger  is a literary technique in which a double (or look-alike) appears in the story as a representation of evil. 2. The doppelganger technique is a literary technique by which a character is duplicated (usually in the form of an alter ego, though sometimes as a ghostly counterpart) or divided into two distinct, usually opposite personalities. ... A deeper analysis of the story could easily reveal that in fact the protagonist and the antagonist are one and the same. ...

• Word Count: 1909
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His writings are still studied today in schools, and his definitions of literary terms and ideas are among the most accurate. ... Poe wrote his literary works along his own guidelines that he named, "The Unity of Effect."" ...

• Word Count: 1085
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The Damning of the Haunted in Poe's "The Black Cat" A Critical Analysis Edgar Allan Poe had an insatiable passion for mystery, suspense, murder, horror, and the gothic in general, which is very evident in the majority of his writings. Born Edgar Poe in 1809, Poe was to become a literary master of the early nineteenth century. ...

• Word Count: 939
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The whole thing happening in the story will be presented as a dream analysis of the narrator. ... Gothic Literature The Gothic, a literary movement that focused on ruin, decay, death, terror, and chaos, and privileged irrationality and passion over rationality and reason, grew in response to the historical, sociological, psychological, and political contexts of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries (Galens 2002:281). ...

• Word Count: 3098
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Tale Tell Heart, written by Edgar Allen Poe is a very dark, but magnificent piece of writing. It is about an unnamed narrator who tells the story from first person. It is about the narrator basically admitting that he killed an old man. However, he claims he is not insane. He says he did not do it out of anger or to get something from the man, but because the man that he killed had a pale blue eye that threw him off. ...

• Word Count: 773
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Fear and Reality of Death It is a universal reality that every living thing must die eventually. What sets humans apart from any animal, insect or being on this planet is our awareness of this inevitable end. Furthermore, what sets Americans apart from many other societies is the extensive amount of information available everyday within our country. This information fuels a constant, underlying awareness of crime, tragedy, and more specifically, death. As American literature is merely a reflection of American society, it can be concluded through reading several works that this constant...

• Word Count: 1596
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The "Tale-Tale Heart" is a famous short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. The "Tell-Tale Heart" serves as a prime example of Poe's works displaying the elements of death, misery, madness and human troubled relationships that are prevalent in most of his writings. The story's two essential characters are the narrator and the old man, who go unnamed throughout the tale. The story circles around the narrator's desire to kill the old man, which when analyzing this character, leads us to question if he was mentally insane. While many may differ, throughout the sto...

• Word Count: 915
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography