Comparison of Poe Stories
Edgar Allen Poe is arguably one of the greatest and most renown writers and poets of his time, and of all history. His unique and sometimes disturbing style of writing captivated all audiences across the world, from adults to children. Poe had various themes that ran throughout many of his stories. His themes ranged from insanity, murder, concealment, madness, to premature burial. I compared the two stories " The Tell Tall Heart" and the "The Black Cat", they are somewhat similar in theme, but have many differences. Both of the Stories were written in the 1840's and frightened their audience, because no one had ever seen a style of In both of these stories Poe writes the story from the perspective of the murderer. In "The Tell Tall Heart " he writes it from the perspective of the narrator who kills the old man. In "The Black Cat" he writes it from the perspective of the narrator again. The narrator was a alcoholic and he ended up killing his cat and his wife. There is also a theme of concealment in both of these two stories. In "The Black
resembled a vulture. The narrator hated the eye, it haunted him, so to get rid of the eyes narrator killed the first cat because of his guilt about his alcoholism. Guilt about those ------------------------------------------------------------------------ to himself "for what had I to fear". Then right when the police were getting ready to started pacing about the room. He got so scared and filled of guilt that he ripped up the old mans eye. He said it haunted him day and night. He was absolutely terrified of the him he just said nothing had happened, and that the old man was on vacation. He thought He said "You fancy me mad, madmen know nothing". He did not think he was crazy In conclusion, by reading some of Poe's stories, I learned about how authors use recurring themes in their stories to put a signature on their work, so everyone who reads it will know who wrote it. I also learned what a great writer Poe was, and how he came to think of some of the disturbing material that are in his pieces. actions indirectly led to the murder of his wife who had shown him the gallows on the
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