The Main Theme in Edgar Allen Poes Five Short Stories

Edgar Allan Poe wrote five short stories that are very popular. â€Å"The Black Cat,† â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado,† â€Å"The Fall of the House of Usher,† â€Å"The Raven,† and â€Å"The Tell-Tale Heart† are the stories that I found similar. Poe’s stories were written between 1839 and 1846. All of them are similar in a way that they involve madmen. These men think they are sane, but they end up doing horrible things. Poe’s writing style is very dark. We can consider what he is writing to be gothic. â€Å"The Black Cat† is one of Poe’s more gruesome stories. It is one of the darkest stories he has written. The narrator opens the story by saying he is sane. It is the night before he dies. The story talks about the narrator’s past and how he knew so many people who all†¦show more content†¦Roderick explained in the letter that he was feeling ill. The narrator tells us how only one member of his family has survived for many generations. 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