Poe's Stories
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Manuscript Found in a Bottle Ligeia The Fall of the House of Usher William Wilson The Murders in the Rue-Morgue The Tell-Tale Heart The Pit and the Pendulum The Black Cat The Purloined Letter The Masque of the Red Death The Cask of Amontillado
Themes
All Themes Rivals and Doppelgangers The Dead and the Living The Gothic Style Self, Solitude, and Consciousness The Power of Memory
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Narrator (M.S. Found in a Bottle) Ligeia Narrator (Ligeia) Lady Rowena of Tremaine Narrator (The Fall of the House of Usher) Roderick Usher Madeleine Usher William Wilson Narrator (The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Purloined Letter) Auguste Dupin The Prefect of the Police Narrator (The Tell-Tale Heart) The Old Man Narrator (The Pit and the Pendulum) Narrator (The Black Cat) Narrator’s wife (The Black Cat) The Black Cat The Minister D____ Prince Prospero The Masque of the Red Death Narrator (The Cask of Amontillado) Fortunato
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All Symbols Eyes Architecture
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Alliteration Allusions Dramatic Irony Flashbacks Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Parody Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator Verbal Irony
Quizzes
All Quizzes Manuscript Found in a Bottle Quiz Ligeia Quiz The Fall of the House of Usher Quiz William Wilson Quiz The Murders in the Rue-Morgue Quiz The Tell-Tale Heart Quiz The Pit and the Pendulum Quiz The Black Cat Quiz The Purloined Letter Quiz The Masque of the Red Death Quiz The Cask of Amontillado Quiz
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Poe's Stories

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Edgar Allan Poe

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