Names are given for many different reasons. For example, Oedipus is named for his swollen foot. Contrary to Sophocles, Poe uses names that contradict or describe his characters to the extreme opposite of what they exactly ... on in his life, wiping his fortunes away. Even though he is trying to isolate himself from the black plague, it's not helping him. Another object in the story is titled, "the Red Death." "But the mummer had gone so far as to assume the type of the Red Death (78)." This is telling the reader that ... an uncanny name that completely contradicts its meaning and another tha...

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