Burton's Gentleman's Magazine

In the John Hughes’ 1984 film, The Breakfast Club, there were a lot underlying social issues that are very relatable to teens in high school of that age range. The early 80’s film was centered around five teens who have in some way been stereotyped by not only their peers but also by their parents and other authority figures. The main theme for the film is to overcome stereotypes and develop a voice for one’s self. As we as self-confidence and self-acceptance. At the end of the film each…

Thirteen Ways to Kill a Blackbird is a poem by Wallace Stevens which explores and highlights the perceptions of humans to our surroundings and the multitude of ways in which these can be perceived. It does this by having each of the thirteen stanzas in the poem portray and examine a new way in which the blackbird is viewed by the speaker. This poem uses a haiku style, which Stevens was particularly interested in. Haiku poems traditionally have three lines with five, seven and five syllables…

Reliability of the Narrator’s Account in Poe’s ‘The Tale-tell Heart’ ‘The Tell-tale Heart’ is a short story written by the famous writer, Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in 1843 and was revised to its present form in 1845 (Seghir, H.M., Djelloul, B., & Noureddine, B., 2013). The tell-tale Heart is a story of a murder, told by the murderer, himself. It tells about an old man who is seemingly under the care of a young person. The relationship of the characters in the story was not…

Lewis Carroll is a poet often known as ahead of his time, and his poems and books amazed the people of the 1800s. However, many things happened before Carroll became successful. Strange relationships with young girls and thoughts of “sin and guilt” surrounded Carroll’s reputation and his mind. Even his meeting with Alice Liddell (better known as the star in her book Alice in Wonderland) caused several whispers among critics and other writers. After making several relationships with small…

Questions of the Nevermore The black bird that haunts the night, slews towards its prey, and makes no obeisance to any living creature that walks on this earth. The bird of Plutonian shore is what many believe to be the raven. With the raven being a symbol of good and of evil in many different cultures it undoubtedly has its symbol of evil in Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven”. With the narrator, a man of grief for the loss of his wife Lenore, and the raven, a bird that speaks of the word nevermore.…

“I was never kinder to the old man than the week before I killed him” (Poe, 2). Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809, and lost both his parents when he was very young. He was adopted by John and Frances Allan. Eventually when he got older he grew apart from his foster parents due to his gambling addiction, and their relationship deteriorated. When Poe was grown he moved in with his grandmother and fell in love with his 14 year old cousin, Virginia. He married his cousin, who was his everything and…

In “The Raven” the author Edgar Allen Poe wrote about his dead wife that he can’t stop thinking about. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” symbolizes how the African Americans were treated and how they felt during segregation, “The Raven” is about Edgar’s dead wife Lenore. Both of the texts are similar because they both include things that don’t go away. The theme to “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” there is always something good, don’t let your anger hold you back. In the story, the free bird…

“Her decease,” he said, with a bitterness which I can never forget,” would leave him (him the hopeless and the frail) the last of the ancient race of the Ushers.” This quote is from “The Fall of the House of Ushers” and it explains that the Usher siblings, Roderick and Madeline are the last ones in their family, and the fate of their family line lies on them. But what is not explained is that the siblings have a strong bond. In the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher,” Edgar Allan Poe…

The Raven The poem The Raven written by Edgar Allan Poe, could be interpreted in many different ways. It can be seen as a deranged lunatic who is hallucinating, finally breaks the last string and finally gives into his madness, or even just a man who misses his late wife Lenore. I am sure that the narrator in the story was a very normal and happy man who used to love the life he lived. However, when his wife died, he might have sank so far into grief that he slowly started to slip away into…

A man is in his bedroom, very late into the night. He is reading a book and dozing off when he hears someone knocking at his door. It was in December, so it was very cold. He had a fire going, and he watched the ashes fade. He was excited for tomorrow, he was to read another book. That book was full of sorrow, just like he was at the loss of his love, Lenore. The man saw his purple curtains moving, and it thrilled him because he did not know the cause of this. He took it to be the visitor at…