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
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• Grade Level: High School

Sometimes society does not allow people to express their feelings and wants; this situation is clearly shown in Gilbert Sorrentino's literary work "The Moon in Its Flight ". Gilbert Sorrentino (April 27, 1929 " May 18, 2006) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic and editor. ... Furthermore, the narrator anticipates what is going to happen next, for instance when we read: "Now I come to the literary part of this story, and the reader may prefer to let it go...". ... Indeed, post-structuralists find pride in the ability to create totally unexpected outcom...

• Word Count: 2096
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Not only does the symbolism enrich the story, it also creates many avenues for analysis. ... to accomplish a host of literary objectives. ... Nevertheless, it certainly enriches the literary experience. ...

• Word Count: 1291
• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: High School

In my analysis of Faulkner's story, I will give several different interpretations written by different writers. ... Judith Fetterley's theory is the last analysis that I will explain. ... Judith Fetterley's analysis seems the most viable to me. ... "William Faulkner's literary legacy." 21 Sept. 1997. ...

• Word Count: 1532
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• 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

Therefore, the analysis of this story is going to be focused toward a biographical and historical approach. According to "A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature: Fourth Edition", the Historical-Biographical approach: "...sees a literary work chiefly, if not exclusively, as a reflection of the author's life and times or the life and times of the characters in the work" (Guerin, 22). ...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Formalistic Analysis of Désirée's Baby The short story "Désirée's Baby- is told by a third person omniscient point of view. ... Maternal love and all the grief from losing loved ones were to be an attribute to the writing proficiency of this literary artist. ...

• Word Count: 1926
• Approx Pages: 8