I read many of his short stories and realized that his mysterious style of writing greatly appealed to me. ... For the purpose of this Essay I shall analyze four of Poe's short stories; "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," The Masque of The Red Death," and "The Tell-tale Heart." ... This is just another instance in which the reader wonders what is the driving force behind the narrator's insanity. Even though there are many more elements to Edgar Allan Poe's short stories than just his creative use of narration and setting, these are characteristics, which have at...

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