Appraisal of “A Dream Within A Dream”
Posted by Edmund Obediah Cuthbert on May 9th, 2014 in Appraisals
A journalist may fancy himself an artist. We use words to create ideas, to help others visualize our deepest thoughts and beliefs. However, as I read Mr. Poe’s “A Dream Within a Dream,” I am left to wonder if these are the musings of a man gone mad with grief, a tormented genius, or if he is in fact, something …
Appraisal of “The Masque of the Red Death”
Posted by Edmund Obediah Cuthbert on May 8th, 2014 in Appraisals
“No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.” So begins a short-tale from Edgar A. Poe. The tale speaks of a plague which leaves “scarlet stains upon the body and especially on the face of the victim.” While the tale’s unsavory protagonist, Prince Prospero, resolves to fortify himself and his chosen court within the confines of an opulent …
