Aspects and Analysis of Edgar Allen Poe's " The Cask of Amontillado" and the "Black Cat"
             What makes literary works considered great, and furthermore what makes the greatness of the work withstand the test of time? The answer to both of these questions is the same. Greatness of literary work that withstands the test of time is due to the fact that their meaning is still seen and identified with by people today, and still evokes interest in the reader, even though these works were written decades, sometimes centuries earlier. When works of literature have with stood the test of time, and are still considered great, these works are analyzed as to why they are so. One author's work that has come under much critical analysis to what aspects of his work make them so great is Edgar Allen Poe. Two works in particular that have come under analysis are "The Cask of Amontillado", and the "Black Cat". Under analysis, it has been determined that there are three aspects of Poe's writing that make his stories literary classics. These three aspects of his writing are style, theme and use of irony. What are these three aspects, and how are they used in Poe's work?
             Edgar Allen Poe's literary style has been analyzed in many different ways. It is believed that it is the style and the view that the reader is given that make his short stories so compelling. His style is made up of two closely connected parts that influence the structure of his stories greatly. The first part of his style is the perception that Poe gives the reader. The perception that the reader gets can only be achieved by the
             second part of his style which is the use of the first person narrative that both "The Cask of Amontillado", and the "The Black Cat" posses. These two connected parts, the perception and first person narrative, give the stories a sense of realism. Although by pure critical analysis of the story, a reader may determine that the central ...