Power In The Tell-Tale Heart By Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allen Poe, one of the 19th century's influential authors is known for displaying illness and tension throughout his intellectual work. His intelligently written art read by many, particularly Europeans in the 1800's, was an outlet to the world of the unknown. The rise of the Gothic genre allowed societal members to suspend social and political issues as well as allow writers like Poe to discuss controversial topics such as sexuality, addiction, murder and much more. He uses bait to draw a reader in and capture them with insight into the mind of his characters. Gothic allowed Poe to channel his grief into his pieces, leading him to be one of the most respectable writers of the 19th century. The following essay addresses and channels into

The mentioning of 'standing there' symbolises the notorious grim reaper, known to take those on earth to the afterlife. His resemblance allows his capability to take the fellow's soul, stripping him from a rightful death. The grim reaper originally appeared in the 14th century during the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in history. Due to the change in the world’s perspective of death, artists began to portray death as a skeleton in the shadows, waiting to take life. As artists continued their ideologies, it became the figure we know today. Other influences of the grim reaper’s image include Charon in Greek mythology, who guided souls across the river Styx and Acheron in the afterlife. The phrase also is an illustration of personification, as the murderer uses death to disguise himself. The nameless murderer’s integrity permits the reader to experience a hair-raising moment, for the senior’s life will perish. This further allows the infamous character to retain a mysterious aura, for both the grim reaper and his identity remain enigmatic among

Despite perfecting the perpetual crime, the old man's heart remains beating, symbolising the executioner’s consciousness. The very factor that caused him to kill the man continues to haunt him, leading his guilty conscious to sink into his soul. In this occasion, the beating heart represents the late senior’s existence, for the heart is the organ that keeps us going. The reader may interpret the old man's beating heart as his presence over the nameless murderer, allowing guilt to consume him, leaving a cliffhanger of