The Fall of the House of Usher

Raskolnikov’s conscience deals with morality and free will versus guilt in this chapter as Porfiry constantly asks him questions about his life, his religious views and the day of the pawn lady’s murder. In chapter five, Razumihin and Raskolnikov visit Porfiry. Razumihin introduces Raskolnikov to his uncle, Porfiry and Zamyotov enters. Raskolnikov becomes very restless and hopes his relaxed entrance will convince the detectives he has nothing to do with the murders. Raskolnikov knows Porfiry is…

The Tell-Tale Heart, a story about a man who kills an old man for his vulture looking eye. The speaker tries to prove he is not insane for the murder. He is not successful. The argument is to explain why the speaker was insane and he was not convincing. "Madmen know nothing." Was he really insane? Or just a smart man. Well, according to the Jamesmustang.blogspot "The narrator begins the story by admitting that he is nervous, yet keep on denying that he is insane, but wise and sharp…

Where the rain falls down on the shadows of an insignificant town, people squirm inside their homes to take shelter from the rain. This dismaying observation displays a manor of ghoul and delight, broadcasted onto the dark souls of many people comprised with twisted minds. In the Edgar Allan Poe short story, “The Black Cat”, the traits relayed by the fallen rain are permanently resided inside of the mind of the unnamed narrator. In “The Black Cat”, the unnamed narrator is a psychotic and cruel…

Stephen King’s “The Reaper’s Image” can be classified as a gothic tale. In “The Reaper’s Image,” two men are moving an infamous mirror to the attic of a mansion, in which you learn the history of said mirror and the supernatural things that happen with the glass. “The Reaper’s Image” is a gothic tale because it has elements of a bleak setting, tortured characters, and the supernatural. In the short story “The Reaper’s Image,” Stephen King includes elements of a bleak setting, creating the mood…

4. Literature in 1920s reflected the uncertainty of the the time period perfectly. World War I left a questionable impact, leaving some people questioning the future of previous beliefs and traditions and also challenged people to make new discoveries. World War I caused writers and philosophers to question the new ways and accept the new ideas about reason and progress. Some people feared the ideas and what they would do to their past beliefs and some writers expressed their fears by writing…

Transcendentalism Transcendentalism, “began as a movement of ideals that altered society’s traditional beliefs on religion and spirituality” (Characteristics of the Literary Time Period). The characteristics of transcendentalism was that society believed that every single thing in the entire world, was, “a reflection on the Divine Soul” (American Literature Timeline). Other characteristic of transcendentalism is that transcendentalist believed in non-conformity, simplicity, self-reliance,…

The short story, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” by Ambrose Bierce, is a very suspenseful story about a man who is to be executed for war crimes. There are many literary devices that contribute to the creation of suspense that foreshadow the end of this story, three of which will be reviewed. One of the literary devices that pertain to suspense is irony, this device is found all over the story, and in some cases, difficult to find. Imagery is also a key term for suspense in this story,…

“The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe wrote about one of his fears in his story “The Cask of Amontillado”. Imagery plays a big part in this story. It helps the reader visualize the events taking place in the story. Poe uses imagery to add fear and suspense to the story. Edgar Allan Poe uses imagery when he explains about leading Fortunato to the dungeon. “Its walls had been lined with human remains, piled to the vault overhead, in the fashion of the great catacombs of Paris.”(87-88) This…

In “The Tell-Tale Heart” the two main central ideas has structural and point of View evidence. Through his point of view, the narrator relates how he is feeling about the murder plan and his own terror. Poe uses punctuation to show that the narrator is anxious that his murder plans are going to happen. The two main central ideas are madness and obsession. Madness is the main central idea because their is a lot of structural and point of view evidence. In “The Tell- Tale Heart” this man keeps…

horror. To begin with, suspense is included in mostly every horror based movie, book, and tale. As Sharon Russell explains, suspense is “The tension we feel when a character goes into the attic, down into the basement, or just into the abandoned house”(17-19). Suspense is a key component to creating a horror story. The tension created allows a narrative to fill with further excitement. Poe creates this feeling throughout “The Tell-Tale Heart”, by emphasizing important details with his…