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Such evil may be interpreted as having been created by a person's hatred and pride. [17] Poe imitates many traditional "Germanic" elements in this tale. The most obvious example is the gloomy old castle, typical of Gothic fiction.
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is often considered a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and is one of Poe's best known short stories. The specific motivation for murder, aside from the narrator's hatred of the old man's eye, the relationship between narrator and old man, the gender of the narrator, and other details are left unclear.
"The Black Cat" is a short story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post.In the story, an unnamed narrator has a strong affection for pets until he perversely turns to abusing them.
Edgar Allan Poe (né Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre.
Its main character, William Stendahl, builds a house based on the specifications from Poe's story to murder his enemies. Usher's Passing, a 1984 novel by Robert R. McCammon, is a gothic fiction novel based on the "true" story of the Usher family. Poe makes an appearance in the flashback that starts the novel. [47]
Hatred is an isometric shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Destructive Creations that was released on June 1, 2015, for Microsoft Windows. The player character is a misanthropic mass-killer referred to as "The Antagonist", who begins a " genocide crusade" to kill as many human beings as possible. [ 1 ]
Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture which says that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.
Poe may have intended the editor's suggestion that Zenobia kill herself as a jab at women writers or their editors. [6] Additionally, Poe mocks political writing and plagiarism of the period by depicting the editor with three apprentices who use tailor shears to cut apart other articles and splice them together.