What are some of the common themes in Edgar allen Poe Stories???

Question

well not just in all but in The Tell-tale Heart, The black cat, And The Masque of the Red Death

remember: themes are main messages...not summary..and it has to be in all of the stories i listed

Answer 1

Madness, guilt, violence, denial of reality. The main characters do not acknowledge evil within themselves, but project it onto something outside them.
"The Black Cat" is the most straightforward; a man becomes deranged at least partly by alcohol abuse, but his delusions go beyond what is usual with alcoholism. He projects his mental illness upon the cat, which he abuses and kills, and so he believes he is not responsible murdering his wife.
"The Masque of the Red Death" is more dreamlike and allegorical; the evil nobleman shuts himself off from the world where he knows death lurks, denies reality and indulges his passions, and death comes to him anyway.
Poe struggled with addiction, and this had a great effect on his writings.

Answer 2

I only had to verify "The tell tale heart" by using Edgar Allen Poe. It grew to become into deffinitly fiction, it grew to become right into some insane guy that had to kill an previous guy because of the fact of his vulture eye.

Answer 3

I've never read "The Black Cat", but some common themes I've seen in the other two are death and horror.

Answer 4

Love

Answer 5

Love - usually of a mourning man for his deceased beloved.
Pride - physical and intellectual.
Beauty - of a young woman either dying or dead.
Death - a source of horror.