American Literature
human nature. Another Poe's favourite topic is the impossibility for the artist to escape from the practical world "William Wilson", something haunts
the narrator to chase him from country to country, he's been haunted by himself. The theme of Death fascinated Poe. He's interested in death with
all its horrors. "Berenice" a man digs out the body of his dead pride, pulls out her teeth. Metempsychosis the belief in the transmigration of the
soul. "Ligea" a revenant (she has returned from earlier ages, centuries). Arabesque. Grotesque "The Mask of the Red Death". Other favourite
themes and symbols are death and fleeting time(time runs fast) imply the inevitable triumph of death over mankind. Poe is never optimistic. He
tries to avoid the world of shroud calculation and callousness (being disrespectful of other people's emotions). Ratiocinative more optimistic. Poe
shows the triumph of human intellect. "A Decent into the Maelström"
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