Symbolism In Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories

“ I withdrew my arm from her grasp and buried the axe in her brain!” (120) Edgar Allan Poe wrote several short stories that were neglected during his time but later realized to be pieces of art. Edgar Allan Poe’s stories, some would say they are “dark”. There is a common plot throughout most of his stories. The narrator wants revenge, but he usually gets caught so he is executed. In Poe’s short stories a common theme of don't let anger take one over or it can consume one's entire life is shown in Symbolism, Conflict, and Plot.

Symbolism connects to the theme don't let anger take one over or it can consume one's entire life. In The Raven the author uses symbolism to show how much sorrow affected his life. Edgar Allan Poe uses symbolism in

Most all stories one will ever read will have the same plot set up almost being like a hill. In The Tell-Tale Heart explains what is happening, next this guy keeps walking into his master’s room at night without the master knowing. Then one night the old man wakes up to and sound in his room and the other man has to sit motionless for over an hour. After a while the guy jumps up and kills the man sleeping in bed! But the cops come by because of a report of a scream and he talks to them a while. While he his talking to the cops he hears something that sounds like a heart beat and he is being overcome with guilt and he yells out and admits to killing the old man. Edgar Allen Poe writes, “I felt like I must scream or die! And now-again!-hark! louder! louder! louder!” (85) He had killed an old man that lives in the same building as him and he killed him because he hates his eagle eye. This quote proves plot because he has great anger toward the old man and after he killed his guiltiness set in and he confessed to the cops so most likely he will be put to death or in jail the rest of his life which has consumed his life. Edgar uses plot throughout the entire book he writes, “No doubt I grew very pale; -but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice.” (84) He is becoming very scared and guilty and he is trying to urge the cops to leave because of fear of being caught.

In The Raven it uses symbolism to show one that grief is very bad for oneself and people around one and it will destroy one’s entire life. Another way The Raven shows one conflict as well it tells one that anger and sorrow can and will most likely stay with one oner entire life even until death. The Tell-Tale Heart shows one that anger can lead to very bad things, including murder which might just one killed as well. The theme matters in the real world because people let anger consume them and then they do bad things and unfortunately some people cannot change their ways, but other people can and one need to try to change if one can as soon as