THE IMAGE OF HORROR AS VIEWED IN EDGAR ALLAN POE'S THREE SHORT STORIES (LIGEA, THE BLACK CAT, THE FALL OF USERS)

Edgar Allan Poe is the father of horror stories. In his three short stories, Ligiea, the Fall of the house of Usher, The Black Cat, he portrays the image of horror in the form of being buried alive or premature burial, Mental Disorder or Madness or Mentally Ill, and Supernatural. Being buried alive...

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Main Authors: Endang Eko Djati Setiawati, Hersulastuti Hersulastuti
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Language:English
Published: English Literature Department, Universitas Bangka Belitung 2019-03-01
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Online Access:https://lirejournal.ubb.ac.id/index.php/LRJ/article/view/46
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description Edgar Allan Poe is the father of horror stories. In his three short stories, Ligiea, the Fall of the house of Usher, The Black Cat, he portrays the image of horror in the form of being buried alive or premature burial, Mental Disorder or Madness or Mentally Ill, and Supernatural. Being buried alive can be seen in The Black Cat as well as in the Fall of the house of Usher. Mentally Ill can be found in the Black Cat and in the Fall of the house of Usher. Meanwhile Supernatural image of horror is reflected in Ligiea and in The Black Cat. Being buried alive is illustrated in the way when The Narrator of the Fall of the House help Roderick Usher entombed his twin sister, while in the Black Cat the Narrator buried his wife in the wall to conceal from the police investigation. Mental Illnesses can be seen in the Black Cat when the Narrator suffers from alcoholic addicted. Roderick Usher the character of The Fall of the house of Usher suffers from not only does he live in fear, but also to have lost all interest in every kind of social contact. Supernatural is portrayed in Ligeia, when the narrator’s wife, Ligiea, dead, she transforms into Lady Rowena, the new wife of the Narrator.
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spelling doaj-art-17f07191c99745b89921a4d5ebc3ad132025-02-02T07:09:33ZengEnglish Literature Department, Universitas Bangka BelitungLire Journal2581-21302598-18032019-03-013110.33019/lire.v3i1.4646THE IMAGE OF HORROR AS VIEWED IN EDGAR ALLAN POE'S THREE SHORT STORIES (LIGEA, THE BLACK CAT, THE FALL OF USERS)Endang Eko Djati Setiawati0Hersulastuti Hersulastuti1Widya Dharma UniversityWidya Dharma University Edgar Allan Poe is the father of horror stories. In his three short stories, Ligiea, the Fall of the house of Usher, The Black Cat, he portrays the image of horror in the form of being buried alive or premature burial, Mental Disorder or Madness or Mentally Ill, and Supernatural. Being buried alive can be seen in The Black Cat as well as in the Fall of the house of Usher. Mentally Ill can be found in the Black Cat and in the Fall of the house of Usher. Meanwhile Supernatural image of horror is reflected in Ligiea and in The Black Cat. Being buried alive is illustrated in the way when The Narrator of the Fall of the House help Roderick Usher entombed his twin sister, while in the Black Cat the Narrator buried his wife in the wall to conceal from the police investigation. Mental Illnesses can be seen in the Black Cat when the Narrator suffers from alcoholic addicted. Roderick Usher the character of The Fall of the house of Usher suffers from not only does he live in fear, but also to have lost all interest in every kind of social contact. Supernatural is portrayed in Ligeia, when the narrator’s wife, Ligiea, dead, she transforms into Lady Rowena, the new wife of the Narrator. https://lirejournal.ubb.ac.id/index.php/LRJ/article/view/46Being Buried AliveMentaly IllnessSupernatural
spellingShingle Endang Eko Djati Setiawati
Hersulastuti Hersulastuti
THE IMAGE OF HORROR AS VIEWED IN EDGAR ALLAN POE'S THREE SHORT STORIES (LIGEA, THE BLACK CAT, THE FALL OF USERS)
Lire Journal
Being Buried Alive
Mentaly Illness
Supernatural
title THE IMAGE OF HORROR AS VIEWED IN EDGAR ALLAN POE'S THREE SHORT STORIES (LIGEA, THE BLACK CAT, THE FALL OF USERS)
title_full THE IMAGE OF HORROR AS VIEWED IN EDGAR ALLAN POE'S THREE SHORT STORIES (LIGEA, THE BLACK CAT, THE FALL OF USERS)
title_fullStr THE IMAGE OF HORROR AS VIEWED IN EDGAR ALLAN POE'S THREE SHORT STORIES (LIGEA, THE BLACK CAT, THE FALL OF USERS)
title_full_unstemmed THE IMAGE OF HORROR AS VIEWED IN EDGAR ALLAN POE'S THREE SHORT STORIES (LIGEA, THE BLACK CAT, THE FALL OF USERS)
title_short THE IMAGE OF HORROR AS VIEWED IN EDGAR ALLAN POE'S THREE SHORT STORIES (LIGEA, THE BLACK CAT, THE FALL OF USERS)
title_sort image of horror as viewed in edgar allan poe s three short stories ligea the black cat the fall of users
topic Being Buried Alive
Mentaly Illness
Supernatural
url https://lirejournal.ubb.ac.id/index.php/LRJ/article/view/46
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