Poe's Short Story

Thinking Activity

Poe's Short Story

                       Dr. Dilip Barad sir organized this wonderful session/guest lecture on 16,17 and 18 Aug 2019. prof. Jay Mehta sir chairperson. he has deep knowledge about the Poe's short story. this days three days was very important for me. he has good style to teaching.

                           Edgar Allan Poe born 19 January 1809 and death 7 October 1849 was an American writer, editor and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. he is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. he was the first well-known american writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

1) The Tell-Tale Heart :-

                                               In this story narrator was unnamed who tell the story and at the end he accepts his crime. this horrific story of an old man who has vulture eye and his servant has problem with that vulture eye. the servant has planned to kill old man because of his eyes. he killed old man without mercy and cut his body and burry it. he got suspected and policeman came for investigation and he also has make policeman believed in his words but he is constantly hearing the beating of an old man which makes him uncomfortable and he vehemently admits his crime. it's interesting story.

2) The Black Cat:-

                                           The title also indicate about story because black color connected with fear, death and something happening bed things and animal of cat also symbolize to wrong happen. mostly people take care & love cat but here the black cat hated by narrator. unfluently he kills his wife and behind that murder for reason is the black cat. narrator that how he hides her wife into wall. the end of the story prove him as a murderer by death body of black cat.

3) The Fall of House :- 

                                             The story is of narrator who was called to his friend house because his friend was suffering from some mental disease. Generally story working around his sister who suffer through the catalepsy. narrator arrives at the house of usher he feel negative there. usher is living there with his sister and he also believed in superstitions and he feels that they have buried her alive and she is coming towards them. Roderick and narrator both are remain in illusion that she is died and they buries her body in his house but really she is not dead. the end of terrible story Medline stands her brother then both are felling down and Rodrick also dies but his house also remain splits.

4) The Cask of Amontillado :-

                                                "The cask of Amontillado" you might be thinking great. his friend and now he wants to avenged. Fortunato is professionally a wine taster and Montresor, who wants to kill fortunato and he intrigued fortunato to come to taste rare brand Amontillado. him drunk all the way and chained him and walled him alive. a cask is a barrel.

5) The Purloined Letter :- 

                                   It's story creates the mysterious condition and detective story because here create suspense through letter. A letter has been stolen from the boudoir of an unnamed woman by the unscrupulous minister . it is said to contain compromising information. in the room, saw the letter, and switched it for a letter of no importance. he has been black Mailling his victim. Duplin with a Puzzle: a cabinet minister has stolen a letter from a woman of royalty he is now black mailling. despite a harsh search of the minister's rooms, the police find nothing. Duplin casually produces the document. duplin later explains to his assistant, the behaviour of the minister, the letter would be hidden in plain sight.

6) The Gold Bug :- 

  

                               "The Gold Bug" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in 1843. the plot follows William Legrand, who was bitten by a gold-colored bug. his servant, Jupiter, doubts that legrand's friend, an unnamed narrator. he consents to come to his old friend's home. legrand pulls the other two into a thrilling enterprise after decoding a secret message that will lead to a buried treasure. the theme of cryptography, the story is a forerunner of the genre which is now known as detective fiction.

                           We Three days session at department of English by Dr.Jay Mehta sir. if i talk about teaching learning method of expert, scholar and lecturer of Dr.Jay Mehta sir. he also explain with examples of personal experiences, current issues, movies and theory etc... At the end of the last session we get more knowledge about how to write poem ? it was an amazing experience to study. Thanks to prof. Dilip Barad sir for organizing expert lecture and Thanks to Dr.Jay Mehta sir for involved to interact with us and spending valuable time there.

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