Analysis Of Edgar Allen Poe s `` The Glasses `` And The...

Many stories share a common theme, whether it be forbidden love, family events, adventure, or anything in between. One might even find themselves digging for only one particular theme in every story he or she chooses to read; indicating he or she has an obvious favorite. However, believe it or not, many people fail to even realize a common theme between two or more stories. As for Edgar Allen Poe, he is successful in his writings in all realms, however, he is notably creative and extravagant in his writing in the field of deception. What exactly is deception, though? Think back to middle school when a girl asked another girl which top looked better on her. If it was anything like most girls childhoods, at one time or another, the girl would lie and say that the ugly shirt is the best. Why? So that she would not be upstaged. This is a common, real life form of deception. Edgar Allen Poe’s â€Å"The Spectacles† and â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† relate in this same fairly obvious way. â€Å"The Spectacles† tells a story about a man who believes he has fallen in love with a beautiful woman when, in reality, the woman is really his eighty-two year ancestor. The woman knew all along, but kept it to herself. Thus, being deceitful. â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado†, on the same type of subject, tells the story of a man who acts as if he is leading another man to try some wine when, really, he is only luring him into dark vaults to stone him into a wall to leave forever. Also conveying deceitful actions.