I have watched movies that were created from his textual creations, read his poems, and his stories. ... For example, in Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," the story opens with a first-person narrator, Montresor, speaking about the death he has in mind for his friend Fortunato. ... The distinction between right and wrong in Poe's stories is a very powerful theme, ever present in his horrific accounts. Vincent Buranelli says, "even though Poe is often looked upon as a gifted psychopath who is describing with consummate artistry his personal instabilities and abnormalities, the fact r...

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