Of Mood And Atmosphere In Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart

Edgar Allan Poe used the literary device of setting to create a dark, threatening tone in his short story “Tell-Tale Heart” by using mood and atmosphere, population,and time/of day. Poe used mood and atmosphere to make the readers feel like if they were in the story. You can see this when he wrote”I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed so no light shone out”(538:2). That is part of atmosphere setting because it contributes to the feeling of someone looking at you with a dark lantern through a door for 1 plus hours. Another example is from (541:3) which states, “In the enthusiasm of my confidence. I brought chairs into the room and desired….” it contributes to mood and atmosphere by making the... (only first 800 chars shown) Analysis complete. Our feedback is listed below in …show more content…
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Sentence Length Info
Total Sentences: 25
Avg. Length: 25.3 words
Short Sentences (< 17 words): 8 (32%)
Long Sentences (> 35 words): 4 (16%)
Sentence Variation: 13.9 words (std deviation)
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