The old man doesn't have any fear sharing a house with someone he has good relation with, someone he never has trouble with and someone who also loves him. ... The conflict starts when the narrator decides to go to the old man's room every night for one week with the intention to do the dirty job. ... Point of view and tone: This is an example of first person point because personal pronoun is used through the story. ... Central Idea/Theme/Symbolism: The narrator's paranoid and maniac behavior push him to commit a terrible act. ... Another theme in the story is the feeling of gui...

• Word Count: 893
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The point of view is almost always in the first Person and the narrator is the protagonist. ... Poe weaves this theme throughout the story as he lures Furtunato to his ultimate demise. ... He uses this to tie into his theme of seeking revenge. ... Gilman continues to add gothic elements through the woman's point of view. ... When the woman's mental stability worsens and she starts to believe that a woman is trapped behind the wallpaper and creeps around the room. ...

• Word Count: 1075
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

When Poe sided with with his foster mother, Frances, John withdrew him out of college and demanded him to leave the house. ... In The Raven, he delved into the theme of death and loss. ... As he wrote the poem in another room in the house, his wife was dying. ... The themes of Poe's stories may very well be rooted in the unhappy events in his life. ... Ever since his childhood, Poe viewed women as angelic figures who would come to save him from the Hell he was living on earth. ...

• Word Count: 1699
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School