Poe's Stories

Detailed Summary & Analysis

Manuscript Found in a Bottle Ligeia The Fall of the House of Usher William Wilson The Murders in the Rue-Morgue The Tell-Tale Heart The Pit and the Pendulum The Black Cat The Purloined Letter The Masque of the Red Death The Cask of Amontillado

Themes

All Themes Rivals and Doppelgangers The Dead and the Living The Gothic Style Self, Solitude, and Consciousness The Power of Memory

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Characters

All Characters Narrator (M.S. Found in a Bottle) Ligeia Narrator (Ligeia) Lady Rowena of Tremaine Narrator (The Fall of the House of Usher) Roderick Usher Madeleine Usher William Wilson Narrator (The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Purloined Letter) Auguste Dupin The Prefect of the Police Narrator (The Tell-Tale Heart) The Old Man Narrator (The Pit and the Pendulum) Narrator (The Black Cat) Narrator’s wife (The Black Cat) The Black Cat The Minister D____ Prince Prospero The Masque of the Red Death Narrator (The Cask of Amontillado) Fortunato

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Detailed Summary
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Manuscript Found in a Bottle
Ligeia
The Fall of the House of Usher
William Wilson
The Murders in the Rue-Morgue
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Black Cat
The Purloined Letter
The Masque of the Red Death
The Cask of Amontillado

Themes

All Themes
Rivals and Doppelgangers
The Dead and the Living
The Gothic Style
Self, Solitude, and Consciousness
The Power of Memory

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Narrator (M.S. Found in a Bottle)
Ligeia
Narrator (Ligeia)
Lady Rowena of Tremaine
Narrator (The Fall of the House of Usher)
Roderick Usher
Madeleine Usher
William Wilson
Narrator (The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Purloined Letter)
Auguste Dupin
The Prefect of the Police
Narrator (The Tell-Tale Heart)
The Old Man
Narrator (The Pit and the Pendulum)
Narrator (The Black Cat)
Narrator’s wife (The Black Cat)
The Black Cat
The Minister D____
Prince Prospero
The Masque of the Red Death
Narrator (The Cask of Amontillado)
Fortunato

Symbols

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Eyes
Architecture

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