Part one of term paper
Edgar Allan Poe was and still is an important figure in literature. He is known as the father of the short story. Poe’s works deal with the mind, as well as the bizarre. His terror stories express moral and psychological realities (Vol. 15 591-592 World Book 1990). The way that he uses setting evokes atmosphere and brings out the quali ...

Part two of term paper
... The dark, dreary settings that are part of his story add to the effect of what is really happening in the story. Most of Poe’s stories deal with what is happening in the mind of the characters. In “The Tell-Tale Heart” the narrator is compelled to kill and then is forced to confess because of his conscience. Poe also made use of the idea that if you destroy one part of yourself, then you will wholly be destroyed. In “William Wilson” the hero, by killing his conscience (in t ...