Thinking Can Lead To Death In Edgar Allen Poe's Short Stories

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“And every night, about midnight, i turned the latch of his door and opened it oh so gently.” The most common reference to this amazing artist, Edgar Allen Poe, however is “the master of horror.” In short stories the narrator wanted to solve a problem but they went the wrong way then people died and he gets caught.” In Poe’s short stories the theme of ‘Thinking can lead to death sometimes,’ is shown through setting, plot, and character. In Poe’s short stories the theme of ‘Thinking/doing stuff can lead to death sometimes,’ is shown through setting, plot, and character. It will soon reveal the madness and the alcoholism of the narrator. “Uplifting the axe and forgetting in my hand, i aimed a blow at the cat, the animal which of course i would have proved instantly fatal had it descended as i wished.” He was going to kill the cat but his wife got in the way so he ended up accidently killing her. He got mad at the cat because it bit him and made him trip so that lead to him trying to kill it. “ The madness he had for the made him accidently kill his wife.” His madness made him kill his wife on accident. He also drank a lot to though. His madness made it lead to the deathe and that is what the …show more content…

The character is the protagonist because he’s the victom. “I had borne as best as i could, but when he venture upon insult, i vowed revenge.” He wants revenge on Fortunado. He thought/did something so it led to Monstresor wanting revenge on Fortunado. “ You, who so well know thy nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that i gave utterance to a threat. At length i would be avenged.” He was talking about a threat and i guess that made him want revenge. Thesis talks about revenge and that’s what Monstresor wants. Simple. One way character reveals that Fortunado has tuberculosis and Monstresor doesn’t like

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