Category: Writing

The Odyssey portrays the Greeks of Odysseus’ era as a society that values connections, a community whose members pride themselves on being parts of a greater whole. Upon introducing themselves, strangers place great emphasis on their family lines, and even close friends address each other by their roles or titles,…

In the story, “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, the last stone Montresor struggled with as he trapped Fortunato in the catacombs represents his own desires, and how these conflict with his role as a member of his family. By forcing the stone into the niche nonetheless, and…

At first glance, the narrator of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” appears to be a sadist, a psychopath – who, consumed by his desire to rid his world of the old man’s eye, takes drastic actions that often leave him reveling in his victim’s pain. His narrative strategy feeds…