The Tell Tale Heart Essays

In today’s society there are constant arguments debating the sanity of one’s mind when they have committed a crime to decide their fate. There are similar arguments for the short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, where an unnamed narrator has committed a murder to a man that …

In today’s society there are constant arguments debating the sanity of one’s mind when they have committed a crime to decide their fate. There are similar arguments for the short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, where an unnamed narrator has committed a murder to a man that …

Visualize your idea of love. Could you paint a portrait in your mind? Do you envision being courted or showered with affection? Courtly love was in abundance in the Middle Ages. Men would shower women with gifts or do heroic deeds to catch their attention. Knights are generally what people …

After almost 2 decades, the HBO’s series ‘Sex and the city’ is still remembered for its romance, humor and magnificent character development. These series raised the generation of women dreaming about the glamorous life in Manhattan and associating themselves with one the woman of the show’s core quartet. Carrie Bradshow, …

There are many authors that use different symbols to express deeper meaning into their literature. Many authors use symbols to intrigue the reader. While many uses it to communicate thought and feelings. Edgar Allan Poe frequently uses symbols in his work to fulfill a purpose. He utilizes symbols of death …

Mental and emotional health are extremely important. They both affect a person’s thinking, feelings, moods and behaviors. Having good mental and emotional health is essential in stabilizing any irrational fears, anxieties or hostilities that one may have. Two significant parts of one’s personality is cognitive process of ethical reasoning. These …

The gothic period came apparent from a style of writing with elements of death and horror.  Edgar Allan Poe was one of the first writers to foster the genre of detective and horror. Poe’s writing had a crucial impingement on the Gothic Period. This can be perceived through the usage …

The heretic Mathias Hovius, identified himself as a Catholic archbishop in Melechen in Belgium in the late 1500’s. Before his title of archbishop, he was a priest and pastor of the St. Peter and Paul cathedral. This was during the time of the Reformation, and there had been an imbalance …

Everyone gets down in the dumps every once in a while, and when we feel like this we seek comfort. Whether you pick up a football, a pencil, or a phone, we all have different ways of coping with unwanted emotions. Art is one healthy way that a lot of …

Battles of the Heart Bobbie Mason wrote and published her series of short stories Shiloh and Other Stories in 1982. She talks a lot about heartache and how marriage is like a battlefield. She focuses on her characters grief and how they tend to self-blame or even blame each other …