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An 8 page research paper that discusses the theme of death in the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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poet, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was fascinated by death, and, as a result, his works are characterized by their macabre quality. The theme of death is so omnipresent in Poes
work, whether the work is short or long, that it becomes the backdrop against which his characters are displayed and toward which the action takes place. Death is the
underlying theme that remains steadfast and immutable, either in spike of, or because of, the characters actions. Whether the characters fight against death or embrace it, it remains above and
indifferent to them, and to the mortality of humanity in general. The following examination of several of Poes works illustrates this point, as well as the conclusions of critics concerning
Poes utilization of this theme. Critic Kim Drain, for example, argues that Poes concept of God was that God is literally everywhere and a part of everything, including the
"space that separates one atom from another" (Drain 169). As this suggests, in Poes worldview there is no separation from between the material and spiritual worlds. Therefore, in Poes stories,
such as the "Fall of the House of Usher," Poe describes the Usher ancestral home as being as diseased and decaying as the Ushers themselves, as the building is pictured
as having "fungi" overspreading "the whole exterior," hanging "in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves" (Poe "Fall"). As this suggests, every detail in the description is designed to convey
its overall "excessive antiquity," and it is this setting, as well as the state of its occupants, that establishes the air of foreboding that permeates the narrative (Poe "Fall").
Much of the power in Poes storytelling to create fear in the heart of his reader is the way in which Poe questions the safety that people believe is located
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