House of Usher

My sense of false security and freedom at house came crushing down. On this particular day, I was devastated and distraught by the criminal underworld. Someone had just invaded my space, I felt powerless. I had seen similar violations of the law and the destruction on television and newspapers never thought I would be visited by the same fate. i had felt scared and agitated at the new concept of having to know that I wasn’t as safe as I originally thought I was. I had just dropped my father at…

Similar Scenarios Providing Different Paths of Rebirth The guillotine, chaos, bloodshed. Charles Dickens had a hard life that inspired him to spin a bleak, historical tale known as A Tale of Two Cities. Dr. Manette is a doctor who suffered an imprisonment of eighteen years. His son-in-law goes by the name Charles Darnay but is actually from a family line wanted dead in France. Then there’s Sydney Carton- an unmotivated, negative man who decides to change his ways. In A Tale of Two Cities the…

The overall mood of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is sinister and foreboding. In order to convey this, Poe employs the narrative’s setting. “The Cask of Amontillado” is a short story about an Italian man named Montresor, who desires vengeance on his wealthy acquaintance, Fortunato, for reasons not quite clarified to the reader. The story opens at “dusk… during the supreme madness of the carnival season” (501). Dusk, the period of time just before night sets in, is a setting…

Louis XVI aka Louis Auguste of France was born on August 23rd, 1754. Louis Auguste was lucky enough to be born in the beautiful palace of Versailles, where he became the son of Marie-Joseph of Saxony and Louis. Louis grew up in his early years being a very bright and educated boy, however he was very shy due to the fact that he had tutors rather than going to school. With this tutor, he studied religion, moralities, and humanities.Louis XVI was known to be a very active person, he enjoyed…

Edgar Allan Poe is an amazing author who uses many details to enhance his stories. He uses his extensive writing abilities to craft amazing stories, which includes the thrilling story The Tell-Tale Heart. throughout the story, he uses his writing abilities to describe the narrator’s feelings, the setting, and the motive. Here is how he used his writing abilities to describe the character’s feelings, the setting, and the motive. The author Edgar Allan Poe did an amazing job of painting a…

Irony is a commonly misused literary device. Many people confuse it with coincidence, though in reality it is not. However, if used correctly, it can be extremely potent . All one needs to do is read an outstanding example of it to realize its effectiveness. In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”, the way Edgar Allen Poe uses irony throughout the entire story is nothing short of genius. To find an example of irony in the story, one does not need to look beyond the main character. The…

Throughout the course of human existence, we have long desired to explore our fascination of the dark, macabre realms of life. Though sensitive beings we are, we contradict our fascinations with things that tend to frighten us. Nevertheless, fear keeps our hearts pumping and rushes endorphins throughout our bodies. Fear is a powerful emotion that reminds us that we are nothing more than just mortal beings. Isn’t it quite ironic how we encounter life within our curiosity with death? Edgar Allan…

When you are/feel like you’re in a dangerous situation, do you let your imagination take over? Or do you use reasoning. Dreams, movies, personal experiences, and literature can make your imagination run wild. From Jaws to Stephen King’s novels, the reader can imagine the character’s fears and how they handle these situations. I have had a similar experience when I felt stuck in a dream and used fear instead of reasoning. A short poem by Ishmael Reed, “beware: do not read this poem,” he tells a…

In Edgar Allen Poe’s story, “The pit and the pendulum,” poe, uses the horror elements of fight or flight, suspense, and madness. In The pit and pendulum Edgar Poe is constantly in situations that bring suspense, like when he was under the pendulum waiting for death, or when he saw an exit and heard people it brings suspense bc he doesn't know if he's going to make it out and live or not, “I saw them fashion the syllables of my name.” This story shows fight or flight bc the story is about him…

It was a fucking wild goose-chase. The stalker had planted the email address, and buried it deep in his communications with his last victim, and whilst the Detective spent the entire night interrogating a wheelchair-bound retired schoolteacher, the incident with Lila was filed away at the back of his mind. Eventually, not long before the break of dawn, they'd departed Harold Greer's apartment complex, and he and Jarrod parted company. Only when Tom was alone again did the evening's events come…