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Hello! My first post on here. I have to select my extended essay topic by the middle of this week and I'm still a little unsure about my specific question. I know for sure I would like to do a literature essay that analyzes various Edgar Allan Poe works. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or suggestions as to what specific question would be a good idea in order to get high marks.

Hey all, I take English A SL and need to do my IOP after Christmas break. I have decided to do it on The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. My Thesis is: "The story creates an atmosphere that conveys a dark theme of insecurity and instability". I was to talk about punctuation, repetition,diction , the narrator , and the vulture eye (symbolism). My teacher says the thesis is too vague, that it needs to be falsifiable. What does this mean? And what can I come up with as an alternative. I want to be done quickly so that I can rehearse and perfect my presentation. All help is appr

I'll jump right in to the absolute mess of my situation - I changed from World Studies to English at a reasonably late date (but not the latest!) and have since found a muse for my essay writing. The beautifully gothic Edgar Allan Poe - I've chosen 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Black Cat', 'The Tell-Tale Heart', and 'The Fall of the House of Usher' as my four short stories to study. Of course, I have an English supervisor, but there is one problem - she's suggested I jump right in and write, without a question. Okay, so I know I need to write about the gothic horror element within his

Hello Everyone! I was wondering if I could get some advice on how to fully annotate poems, i.e. what to start with, and what important things to note. Anything that can help really. Thank you all :3