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Edgar Allan Poe was and still is an important figure in literature. He is known as the father of the short story. Poe’s works deal with the mind, as well as the bizarre. His terror stories express moral and psychological realities (Vol. 15 591-592 World Book ....

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.... that if you destroy one part of yourself, then you will wholly be destroyed. In “William Wilson” the hero, by killing his conscience (in the story it is his double), destroys himself. In “The Cask of the Amontillado” the reason for murder is revenge. The Critical Survey of Short Fiction states that some of Poe’s stories deal with bewitching female characters (Magill 2103-2109). He titles the stories with the women’s names in order to stress the power of a lady’s influence. In “Ligeia” the narrator is obsessed with the woman; he is even scared by her powers that are beyond human. After she dies, he remarries, but is unhappy. H ....