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Essay Archive - Irony In Poe's Writings
Irony In Poe's Writings
Irony can be simply defined as the unexpected twist. Ironies occur
in daily life. Edgar Allan Poe was excellent at writing ironies into his
stories. He was born in the nineteenth century and raised by his adoptive
parents, who caused him to have a difficult life. He was very intelligent,
but lonely, because his peers alienated him. Later he became America’s
first great editor and critic, as well as the father of the short story and
the detective story. Edgar Allan Poe was an author who captured irony in
every sense of the word.
“The Tell-Tale Heart” is probably the most popular of all Poe’s
stories. In th....
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