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Elements of Fiction in Poe=s WritingEdgar Allan Poe was an artist of literature. He was one of the greatest thriller/story tellers that America has known. He was known as "a seminal figure in the development in science fiction and the detective story. His writing came to have enormous importance for modern French literature" (X, John Richardson). Edgar Allan Poe wasn't out to frighten his audience. According to Peithman, his interest for his audience was within the human mind. In three of his works, AMorella@, ALigeia@, and AThe Oval Portrait@, there are several similarities and differences of elements of fiction such as theme, plot, tone, symbol, point of view, and climax. In the story ALigeia@, the narrator did not love Rowena. Ligeia did not resemble Rowena in any way. Ligeia was just a figment of his imagination. The man was merely insane. He created Ligeia. AThe narrator is obsessed with his Ideal to the point where it takes on a life of its own, and had no ability to control his mind@(Piethman 45). The narrator was always absorbed in the features of Ligeia and how wonderful she always looked. She was so perfect in every way that she could not possibly be human. Th
The narrator in these three stories is the antagonist. Except in ALigeia@, the women in AThe Oval Portrait@ and AMorella@ the were neglected. She was more beautiful in the painting than in real life. Both AMorella@ and ALigeia@ talks about metempsychosis. is story could have been related to Edgar Allan Poe=s could first wife=s death that ALigeia@ was a part of him. He knew she had beauty, but she wanted him to be more like a man and care for her than he does for his paintings. Poe wanted to show that we shouldn=t take things for granted, for instance your wife or your husband. She is not as perfect as Ligeia nor was she as strong as the other women in ALigeia@ and AMorella@. But after he painted her picture, he no longer needed her because he had her in what he loves most. He wants to have this so he starts to study with her. AMan doth not yeild him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only though the weakness of his feeble will@(Poe 49). She represents surpassing knowledge that the husband doesn=t have. The spoken name is the key to it=s power that it may raise the dead.
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