EN 4332 Edgar Allan Poe #1 Essay Topics
Value: 25% ( not including Work Cited page)
Length:1500 words, 12 point font, double-spaced
Due: Monday, July 22, 2024
Write an essay on ONE of the following topics.
1. In The Fall of the House of Usher and William Wilson we have first-person narrators who are also characters in the narratives. Discuss/compare the narrators credibility with a focus on their account of the events, their roles in the narratives, and their psychological states of mind.
2. In The Black Cat and The Tell-Tale Heart, the precarious balance between reality and unreality emphasizes the fragility of the human psyche. Discuss THREE significant literary devices that Poe employs in these stories to delineate this theme.
3. Some readers argue that the use of the double leads to static and aesthetically flawed fiction. Discuss whether or not there is enough ambiguity in Poes creation of the double in William Wilson to warrant this criticism.
Do NOT use generative AI tools.
This is NOT a research essay; if you use secondary sources, use them judiciously.
Follow the MLA format for citations and Work Cited page.
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