Edgar Allan Poes The Cask of Amontillado and The Raven Essay -- Edgar

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Raven" Edgar Allan Poe was one of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century. Perhaps he is best know for is ominous short stories. Two of these stories were "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Raven." In these short stories Poe uses imagery in many different forms to enhance the mood and setting of the story. In my essay I will approach three aspects of Poe's use of imagery. These three are when Poe uses it to develop the setting, to develop the mood, and to develop suspense. Through out all of Poe's stories he uses imagery to develop the setting. If the setting is established well, you can understand the story better. Some examples of when Poe used imagery to develop the setting in "The Raven" as well as "The Cask of Amontillado." Some imagery from "The Cask†¦" were "It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of carnival season†¦" he uses that excerpt to establish the time. Later on, the narrator says "†¦bowed him through several suites of rooms to the arc hway that led into vaults. I passed down a long and wi...