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A Predicament is the continuation of the story "How to Write a Blackwood Article". This story is terribly written on purpose for the sake of satire. The writing is, in all actuality, very poorly done but is quite humorous at many points… read more
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I thought this story was hilarious! The narrator, Signora Psyche Zenobia receives very important lessons in writing a great article by no other than the great Mr. Blackwood. Mr. Blackwood details the required steps to take in order to… read more
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Mystification focuses on a very unique and magnetic character, Baron Ritzner Von Jung. The story is a lesson on the old maxim by the great Sun Tzu:
Know thy enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated. When… read more
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This story was quite a pleasant surprise! I very much enjoyed the awkward tension constantly increased during the feast with the "staff" of the Maison de Santé. I kept dithering between the idea of the staff being made up of lunatics and… read more
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The Assignation seems to be written as a Tragedy along the lines of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Perhaps I wasn't able to absorb the story well, but there was an unusual amount of added detail that didn't pertain to the theme. A baby… read more
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This tale was particularly brutal due to the similarities that it had to real historical connotations. An extremely deadly plague is ravaging the country. This affliction goes from inception to death in the matter of half an hour. It is… read more
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The tone of this story is dark and sad. The protagonist is injured and brought to manision to rest and recover from an unknown malady. Upon being brought into a mysterious room he notices many portraits on the wall. He also finds a book… read more
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The Cask of Amontillado focuses on a very adamant quest for revenge. Revenge for what, we do not know, but whatever wound was inflicted on the protagonist must have been extremely offensive in the most abhorrently abominable manner. The… read more
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This short story was a pleasant surprise. It starts off a little bit slow but for some reason, and I don't truly understand why, by the time I had read the conclusion, I was saddened... but at the same time satisfied. The symbolism is… read more
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This story conjoured up feelings of clostrophobia, dread, and loneliness all at once. I immediately became curious about some of the examples of premature burial given at the beginning of the story, and many seemed to be real cases,… read more