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A 7 page paper which analyzes some of Edgar Allen Poe’s
works. The works discussed are “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Raven,” and “The Fall
of the House of Usher.”
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RApoemsc.rtf
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to say the least. On the surface, his works seem to touch a morbid spot within human nature and within he human spirit. They are tales and poems which address
some of the most hidden aspects of mankind. They speak of regression, repression, alter egos, denial, delusion, sexual fantasies, and many other conditions known to the psyche of humans. Bearing
in mind the complexity, and exstensive nature, of his work, the following paper examines various aspects of different works of Poes. The works discussed are "The Cask of Amontillado," "The
Raven," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." Irony and The Cask of Amontillado The first, and perhaps most obvious, use of irony comes to the reader
in the name of the victim. The mans name is Fortunato and this incites images of one who is fortunate. This, however, is not to be the case in this
particular story and we almost immediately understand this as the narrator informs us that this fortunate man will not be so fortunate, a reality we see in the opening paragraph
that not only introduces us to the fortunate man but introduces us to the intended vengeance: "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when
he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. AT LENGTH
I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled -- but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish,
but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who
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