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Poe’s Short Stories
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Poe’s Short Stories
by:
Edgar Allan Poe
Overview
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
“MS. Found in a Bottle” (1833)
“Ligeia” (1838)
“The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839)
“William Wilson” (1839)
“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
“The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843)
“The Pit and the Pendulum” (1843)
“The Black Cat” (1843)
“The Purloined Letter” (1844)
“The Masque of the Red Death” (1845)
“The Cask of Amontillado” (1846)
Characters
Character List
Roderick Usher
C. Auguste Dupin
William Wilson
Lady Ligeia
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Further Study
Context
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Context
Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
“MS. Found in a Bottle” (1833)
“Ligeia” (1838)
“The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839)
“William Wilson” (1839)
“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
“The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843)
“The Pit and the Pendulum” (1843)
“The Black Cat” (1843)
“The Purloined Letter” (1844)
“The Masque of the Red Death” (1845)
“The Cask of Amontillado” (1846)
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
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How to Write Literary Analysis
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Table of Contents
Character List Quick Quiz
1
of 5
Where does Poe’s sleuth, C. Auguste Dupin, live?
Provence
Paris
Rome
London
2
of 5
The narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” is obsessed with his victim’s disfigured ___.
eye
nose
hand
ear
3
of 5
The wealthy nobleman who throws the party at which “The Masque of the Red Death” takes place is named…
Fortunato
Montresor
Usher
Prospero
4
of 5
What is the name of the narrator in “The Black Cat”?
Fortunato
He is never named
Auguste Dupin
Roderick Usher
5
of 5
In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” what is the name of Roderick Usher’s twin sister?
Rowena
Camille
Madeline
Ligeia
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