Abstract This article applies some concepts of Freudian psychoanalysis to Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Oval Portrait". It also in a specific manner tries to make parallels between Poe's own character and his projections onto his tales and poems, in here "The Oval Portrait". ... He published "The Oval Portrait" in 1842 which is also considered one of his shortest stories. ... 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"...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" Considered one of his most famous writings, "Ligeia" tells the story of a man, also known as the narrator of this story, and his love and loss of his late wife, lady Ligeia, and her unusual resurrection. ... His new wife, Lady Rowena Trevanion, is described as almost opposite of Ligeia aesthetically. Lady Rowena was "fair-haired and blue-eyed," and shorter than Ligeia ("Ligeia"). ... The room apparently quickly takes its toll on Lady Rowena as she quickly becomes sick within the first two months there. ... In the end, the narrator realizes that it is not L...

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• Grade Level: High School