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A 5 page paper which examines what Freud’s analysis would be of
Edgar Allen Poe’s stories “The Black Cat” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” as they
relate to Poe’s attitudes and beliefs towards women. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RApoefrd.rtf
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had some intriguing and controversial theories that seem to be applicable to many different realities, as well as fantasies. And, when we take the subject of Freud and add the
often disturbing author Edgar Allen Poe we are perhaps left with a very intriguing and complicated field of possibilities in terms of explication. Poes work was very deep and seemed
to truly examine the essential psyche of a human being. His work looked at the dark side of mankind that is always present, yet never really discussed, much less put
into words. With this in mind the following paper discusses two of Poes stories, "The Black Cat" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," while discussing Freuds theories and how
they would apply to the work of Poe in relationship to the authors perspective on women, and violence done towards women. Poe and Freud In this particular story
we are given no real solid reason as to why the narrator would suddenly become a violent and deranged individual. But, when we look at the story as a whole,
especially when we consider that the work of Poe rarely gives us a solid reason for violence, we can perhaps see that the narrator was a man with problems from
the beginning. He states, "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me
the jest of my companions" (Poe). This gives us the impression that the narrator was not a typical boy in that he was masculine and aggressive. He did not play
the games that other boys played and was perhaps effeminate. We see that this gentleness did not end with childhood: "This peculiar of character grew with my growth, and
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