• Edgar Allan Poe and Lawful Universe in A Descent into the Maelstrom and The Masque of the Red Death Comparison

     

    Essays1 Literature

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Published: 09.10.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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  • Essays 'Edgar Allan Poe and Lawful Universe in A Descent into the Maelstrom and The Masq', 1.
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The ways of a lawful universe are well illustrated in a metaphorical sense through controversy literature by Edgar Allen Poe. The world as an organized and orderly response to society's actions are best conveyed in two of Poe's short stories, including: "A Decent Into The Maelstrom" and "The Masque Of The Red Death."
In "A Decent Into The Maelstrom," the ways of the world proved to benefit the fisherman in his efforts to not submit to his intuition, but rather to handle his situation in a counter- intuitive manner. The fisherman, having lost a brother to the growing whirlpool, observed…

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