ok from the inside of the main characters head to the real world as Poe's character sees it. "The intended function of Poe's narrator is to captivate the reader's conscious mind and mesmerize his senses to the extent that he cannot help identifying with the narrator to some degree"(Saliba 70). With this style of character portrayal, we as readers know at all times what the central character is thinking and feeling, and how it influences their actions. In order for a reader to fully appreciate Poe's art, the reader must willingly fully participate in the story (Saliba 70).
             Theme is the second part of Edgar Allen Poe's writing that makes his stories so intriguing. The theme of all his works has been described has grotesque and arabesque.
             "The grotesque suggests more strongly a yoking of the chaotic, fearful and the comic; the arabesque suggests more strongly a sense of ironic perspectives in the midst of confusion
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