He is credited with creating the detective story genre and with transforming the Gothic mystery tale of the Romantic Period. ... In "The Raven,"" the persona begins his tale in his home on a dark and gloomy December night in this paraphrase: Once, during a dreary midnight, while I pondered, weak and weary, over many amusing and peculiar forgotten folk tales, I fell sleepy, nearly napping (1-3). ... Let me see, then, what it is, let my heart calm down, and explore this mystery. ... Tell me, tell me, I beg you!... Take your beak out from my heart, and take yourself away from my door!...

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(4282 words) I have chosen to research and write my Extended Essay on Edgar Allan Poe and his portrayal of perversion, which is present in every human's heart. ... 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." ... (p.13) Perversion, he believes, is "...one of the primitive impulses of the human heart." ... Poe constructs this story in such a way that the events of the tale remain somewhat ambiguous. ... (p.12) Even though the narrator denies th...

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Over the years rumors have spread, saying maybe he was a little crazy, or his addictions drove him to his wild tales, but how does one write such detailed and elaborate tails when not in the right state of mind? ... These experiences are mirrored throughout Edgar Allan Poe's life's work in his repetition of tragedy and morbid tales expressed throughout his literature. ... " 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 resurr...

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