The Significance of Names in Selected Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe


Term Paper (Advanced seminar), 2012

26 Pages, Grade: 1,0


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Table of contents

1 Introduction

2 Poe's general approach to the writing of a literary text

3 The role of names in literary texts

4 Names and character traits in The Fall of the House of Usher
4.1 Roderick and Madeline Usher
4.2 The House of Usher

5 Names and social status in The Cask ofAmontillado
5.1 Montresor
5.2 Fortunato
5.3 Amontillado, Medoc, and De Grâve

6 Political references of characters' names in The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
6.1 Doctor Tarr andProfessorFether
6.2 Monsieur Maillard

7 The realization of references to real persons in The Mystery of Marie Rogêt

8 Conclusion

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Title
The Significance of Names in Selected Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
College
University of Wuppertal  (Fachbereich Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften)
Course
Short Stories of the American Renaissance
Grade
1,0
Author
Year
2012
Pages
26
Catalog Number
V201476
ISBN (eBook)
9783656273974
ISBN (Book)
9783656277187
File size
636 KB
Language
English
Keywords
Short Stories, Poe, Edgar Allan Poe, American Renaissance, Romanticism, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Cask of Amontillado, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, Onomastics
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Bastian Immanuel Wefes (Author), 2012, The Significance of Names in Selected Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/201476

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