The Demon Lover

Known primarily for his morbid short stories, many of Edgar Allan Poe’s popular works primarily revolve around victims of vain delusions or insanity. Verified through psycho-analytical research and an analysis on Poe’s reputation and his tales, “Victimization: Power and Powerlessness” is one of the main themes in Poe’s works. In The American Journal of Psychology, Lorine Pruette begins her paper by introducing us to Poe’s life. “Poe’s father was a victim of consumption and his mother died…

I’ll Leave This for Later Obstacles are known to be put in people’s paths to make them stronger sometimes even guide onto a more clearer road. William Shakespeare is known to have written plays and poems centuries ago. They are difficult to understand or analyze because of the style of writing but not impossible. In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the main character as the title suggests Hamlet is trying to get revenge for his father, Old Hamlet’s death. Old Hamlet did not die of natural causes, he…

The Raven Symbolism “The Raven” is a narrative poem written by Edgar Allan Poe. Many authors have used talking birds and ravens in their writing, but used in Poe uses the raven to represent a sad longing for his dead wife or lover with the emotions of loneliness, sadness, fear,madness, and death. “The Raven” was inspired by “A Tale of the Riots Eighty” by Charles Dickens. Throughout the poem, the narrator looks for some answers about seeing his wife, Lenore again in the afterlife as he stares…

Loneliness of the Heart Have you ever felt so at loss for happiness that all you can think about is your unhappiness? Well, then this is the poem for you. Everyone goes through hardships, such as grief for losing someone, like how our narrator is at a loss of words because he has recently been released of his love Lenore. He is overcome with desolation that he is up “upon a midnight” (1) while feeling “weak and weary” (1). Then there is someone (or rather something) at the door. The raven comes…

as well as his conflict with Desdemona. In the beginning of the play, Desdemona is often referred to as pure and angelic. However, as Othello begins to truly believe in Iago’s claims, the conflict between the lovers escalate. Othello uses insulting allusions to witches, prostitutes, and demons to describe Desdemona, making reference to her as a deceptive demoness and a whore in a brothel. (3.2.88-93) In the climax of the play, Othello has an internal crisis before he murders Desdemona. During…

“Hi Ross, did you finish the math assignment for Mrs. Smith yet?” she asks me. “Nope, but guess what I just got?” she obviously doesn’t want to respond, so I say excitedly “the new Xbox! You should come over soon so I can crush you in Battle of the Demons!” “In your dreams, you may be better in school than me, but I always demolish you in video games,” she laughs at me with her sarcastic wit coming through. I always loved that she was never afraid to say what she thinks. That and she likes to…

This is the demon that they call “Leah.” It isn’t enough for her to steal my best friend, now she has to go kicking me out of the “cousin club?” Who does she think she is? Why can’t I be a cousin? Of course, none of these thoughts makes it past my lips. I can think…

her death, all because of Heathcliff has no title. She then marries Edgar despite not genuinely loving him. It’s the act of lying about her true feelings that ends up killing her. Heathcliff is the antagonist of the story, he is described as a cruel demon and an inhuman devil, but Heathcliff is also a victim. He is tormented by the rejection of Catherine’s love. He spends his life inciting revenge on Edgar and his family because of the loss of his only love. He gains money and riches to impress…

plague of robins. Everything she does seems to shock the entire community. Sula turned out to be the rebel against all society, all convebtions and nearly all moralities. In her desperate quest for freedom Sula is labelled as a witch and a doom-eager ‘demon’ in the eyes of the black community. Whereas the society insists on the discreet, consistent and confined roles Sula defies all the social conventions. Sula doesnot care whether she fits into the definition of of a black women, she doesnot…

----------------------------------- Days, months, years…after the Rapture… …The Devil wanted the Bible, and any semblance of it to be removed from the court house steps…Next it will be your money…”In God we trust” that was to be removed. Making way for electronic money only and the “mark of the beast.” Satan’s antichrist will require everyone have the mark in order to purchase, anything. Warning! Warning! Danger Beware! Don’t take “The Mark of the Beast” which is 666. RFID chip? One day…