"The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edger Allen Poe, and "The Open Boat," by Stephen Crane
Date Submitted: 11/19/2001 00:25:11
Category: / Literature / World Literature
Length: 4 pages (1099 words)
Category: / Literature / World Literature
Length: 4 pages (1099 words)
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As I read "The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edger Allen Poe, and "The Open Boat," by Stephen Crane, I was torn between the classic realism in "The Open Boat," and the atypical scenes from "The Tell-Tale Heart." Both stories, however, were very effective in keeping my interest and imagination running.
Stephen Crane gives a sense of realism to "The Open Boat" due to his real life tale of survival of a shipwreck on his way …
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…but I thought that both authors were very effective in their style of writing.
LIST OF WORKS CITED
Crane, Stephen. "The Open Boat." Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Eds. X.J. Kennedy, and Dana Gioia. 6th ed. New York: HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995. 192-210.
Poe, Edgar Allen. "The Tell-Tale Heart." Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Eds. X.J. Kennedy, and Dana Gioia. 6th ed. New York: HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995. 61-65.
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