https://padlet.com/apolonczyk389/Alyssa_Poe_Essay_ELA Made With The Help Of One Big Happy Family. en-us 2018-11-21 14:33:30 UTC 2019-01-03 15:44:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png apolonczyk389 https://padlet.com/apolonczyk389/Alyssa_Poe_Essay_ELA/wish/306751539 Short stories that share a common theme could be a coincidence, but Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote short stories that were inspired by his wife's death, purposely shared themes between some of his stories. "Tell-Tale Heart" is about when the narrator kills an old man whereas the narrator thought that the old man's eye was evil.  In "The Cask of the Amontillado" is about when Fortunato makes the mistake by insulting the narrator. He hears of this and plans to kill Fortunato as revenge.  The most self-evident themes in "Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado" is guilt and strategy because they both play a part in the Narrator's lives. Even though they share the same themes, there are some differences in how they are presented.]]> 2018-11-21 14:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/apolonczyk389/Alyssa_Poe_Essay_ELA/wish/306751539 apolonczyk389 https://padlet.com/apolonczyk389/Alyssa_Poe_Essay_ELA/wish/306751679 Strategy is the most prevalent in Poe's work because both narrators perfectly plan how to kill the undesired person or thing that is bothering them. In the "TTH", the narrator plans day in and day out waiting for the perfect moment to murder the old man. (TTH, pg#6) Then in "TCA", the narrator takes advantage of Fortunato's love for wine (TCA, pg#1) to lure him down into the catacombs so he can murder him by burying him in the walls. Even though the narrator from "TCA" didn't plan as long as the narrator from "TTH" but it was well thought out.  ]]> 2018-11-21 14:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/apolonczyk389/Alyssa_Poe_Essay_ELA/wish/306751679 apolonczyk389 https://padlet.com/apolonczyk389/Alyssa_Poe_Essay_ELA/wish/306751948 A more subtle theme is Poe's work is guilt because both narrators both feel a symptom of guilt that they both don’t want. For, the narrator in “TTH” hears and feels the sound of a beating heart (The old man’s heart). The only way he thought that he could get rid of the beating heart is if he confessed that he killed the old man to the police. This could also be an echo of his conscience telling him that what he did was wrong. (TTH, pg#20-24) In “TCA”, when the narrator finished building a wall around a drunken Fortunato into the catacombs, the narrator calls out for Fortunato. This was for him to see if Fortunato was still alive, but due to being intoxicated by the narrator with 2 full wine bottles, he probably died already from intoxication, or too drunk to reply. He called again. Still no answer. The narrator thought to himself, “But to these words I hearkened in vain for a reply. I grew impatient. I called aloud” again, he wanted to make sure that Fortunato was still alive, ”My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so.” (TCA, pg#7) As you can see, the narrator blamed this quick second of guilt on the dampness in the air (caused by the nitre).]]> 2018-11-21 14:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/apolonczyk389/Alyssa_Poe_Essay_ELA/wish/306751948 apolonczyk389 https://padlet.com/apolonczyk389/Alyssa_Poe_Essay_ELA/wish/306752004 Although these two short stories share the same themes, there are some differences on how Poe wrote them. Some differences from the when they both shared the strategy theme is that they both planned their schemes in a huge amount of time. In the "TTH", the narrator waited one whole week to kill the old man because he didn't think that it was the right time to do it, but didn't end how he wanted to. In "TCA", the narrator just thought of the plan and proceeded with it right after and still succeeded.  Now in the guilt theme, both short stories have this feeling indirectly, but the narrator in "TTH" knew what to do to make it go away. It was if he confessed, and in "TCA", the narrator accused it on the nitre which was contained in the air in the catacombs. Another guilt themed difference in the stories is how the narrator "hearkened" for a reply from Fortunato to make sure he was still alive. As the narrator just murdered the old man and just went on like nothing happened.]]> 2018-11-21 14:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/apolonczyk389/Alyssa_Poe_Essay_ELA/wish/306752004 apolonczyk389 https://padlet.com/apolonczyk389/Alyssa_Poe_Essay_ELA/wish/311469416 Therefore, there is evidence that strategy is the most prevalent in Poe's work and that guilt is more subtle in his work. Even though he presents them differently, you can still use context clues to figure out some themes that Poe added on purpose.]]> 2018-12-05 17:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/apolonczyk389/Alyssa_Poe_Essay_ELA/wish/311469416 ghalin https://padlet.com/apolonczyk389/Alyssa_Poe_Essay_ELA/wish/311866736 Alyssa, nice job! This is really smart and your thinking is original. Please revise your page numbers.]]> 2018-12-06 15:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/apolonczyk389/Alyssa_Poe_Essay_ELA/wish/311866736