Imagery And Symbolism In Tell-Tale Heart By Edgar Allen Poe

“Prophet!”said I, “thing of evil!”------prophet still,if bird or Devil -----(page 191)Edgar Allen Poe

wrote a lot of short stories and poems around the time of his wife's death of tuberculosis, so in his

writing, there is a lot of deaths/murders.In the majority of Poe's short stories and poems the

narrator(somebody) revenge(wanted) usually gets caught(but)and gets executed(so). In his short stories

and poems, the theme is anger leads to bad decisions, this is shown through the plot, figurative

language, and conflict.

Furthermore, his story, Tell/Tale Heart plot reveals that anger leads to bad decisions because the old man's eye freaked him out."He had the eye of a vulture-----a pale blue eye, with a film over it."(page

Next in Poe’s poem The Raven symbolism shows that anger leads to bad decisions.Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.The raven made him mad and he yelled.”Prophet!”said I,”Thing of evil!--------prophet still,if bird or devil------!”(page 191)The man was screaming at the bird because it was making it angry.This proves the thesis becauses he is angry, so he makes a bad decision and screams.Yet another quote “Quoth the raven,nevermore.”(page 191)It shows that the raven came as the grief and made him mad.This proves my thesis because the raven/grief made him mad because he wanted it to leave but it would not.This shows that in Poe's poem The Raven figurative language shows that anger leads to bad decisions.

In his poem The Raven conflict shows that anger leads to bad decisions.Conflict is the problem in the story.The raven won’t go away and it makes him mad.”Quoth the raven,Nevermore”The raven(sadness)talks to him and makes him mad because he is sad.This one shows the thesis because the raven is saying nevermore and makes him angry so he yels things.Yet another quote “Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above the chambered