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Poe’s Short Stories
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Poe’s Short Stories
by:
Edgar Allan Poe
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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
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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)
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Table of Contents
Overview Quick Quiz
1
of 5
Ligeia is the name of ___.
A boat
A woman
A town
A disease
2
of 5
Which story by Poe features the first appearance of the brilliant detective, C. Auguste Dupin?
Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Purloined Letter
The Masque of the Red Death
MS. Found in a Bottle
3
of 5
Which Poe story involves a character being entombed alive?
The Cask of Amontillado
The Purloined Letter
William Wilson
The Black Cat
4
of 5
The narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” is tormented by the imagined sound of heartbeats coming from ___.
Inside a closet
Inside the walls
Under the floorboards
Behind a door
5
of 5
In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Amontillado is the name of ___.
A man
A cat
A type of wine
A city
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Roderick Usher: Character Analysis
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