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Tell Tale Heart And There Will Come Soft Rains Comparison Essay

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Edgar Allen Poe and Ray Bradbury. Both considered forerunners of their genres. Poe horror. Bradbury science fiction. However, each deals with certain themes in the writings I have chosen, and very little is in common. The Tell-Tale Heart runs on emotions and lacks details, whereas There will Come Soft Rains is stark with no emotion and is over detailed as the story progresses. But some themes do show up in these authors, never mind that one’s Victorian England and the other American 1990’s. Poe was the first author to cater to the darker side of the mindscape. His works such as The Raven and The Pit and the Pendulum have been honored long after his mysterious death in Victorian England, although his writing weren’t widely recognized during his life. His works often deal with themes such as death and misery, and run on emotions regarding those. The work The Tell Tale Heart, is one of those, with the narrator’s insanity in overdrive as he murders an old man simply …show more content…

There’s no emotion towards the house, setting, family, even the dog. Everything is written in flowery script that over details and describes even the most menial of tasks in the house. Yet the story flows with an type of intensity that Poe’s work doesn’t hold. Disconnected from the events, Bradbury orchestrates so the narrator seems to simply report the events, painting them in an interesting light. The world post-nuclear, a a house programmed to serve it’s family continues to do so, even as it’s family’s death until it’s “death” by fire. Having looked at summaries of Bradbury’s other works, I can say that this is a step outside the box for him, a twist in the genre is Science Fiction. But in this particular story, he tries his hand and does well. Having not read Bradbury’s other works, I can’t say for sure what his writing style is, but this story paints a slightly whimsical, yet fiercely intense

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