THE OVAL PORTRAIT by Edgar Allan Poe Summary & Analysis

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I am seriously in Love with GOTHIC books. It's just really amazing reading those short creepy gothic books.. By far this is the best gothic short story book I have ever read. The Oval Portrait is also there for my English syllabus for my Grade 7 Pt1 Exam..

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[@CarrieHoover]

Yes, it's the shortest story, but I think it's one of Poe's best, too!

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Thanks for putting time explaining this story

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A thorough analysis on this, helpful and well explained❤️

[@CarrieHoover]

Thank you! It’s one of my favorite Poe stories.

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[@carolinesmercantile4290]

The story tells us that in order for the wife to spend any time at all with her spouse, she must subject herself to becoming a sitter, which she despises. I do not think she ultimately would have allowed herself to die in the process, so I think she was locked into the room or maybe even chained to the chair. This would explain how a young vibrant woman would have died in weeks. She had to have been made to stay there by force. Empassionate painters typically are drama queens and are not always in their right mind. He was probably maniacal about his creations, defying all logic to complete his ultimate work. He was unable to think straight until the last moment when he determined his painting to be finished. Typically, highlights are last placed, the one in the eye and the one on the mouth simply is an artists 'period' to mark the very end of the work. Because this artwork was finished, framed and was hung shows that there was no effort to conceal any of this. So, I do not think it actually happened. Logic dictates that if it had actually happened, the painter would have been so horrified, he may have hid his paints, hid the body and headed for the hills. However, this isn't how it went....the painting would not have been so carefully framed and hung because those things take care and time. An account of her death would not have been explained so thoroughly in the booklet. But these things happened, almost as if the painting was treated respectfully and with care and was hung. Because it was in the shadows could mean that it was the last painting done by the painter. Maybe the painter was actually an old man and this was his final masterpiece? It was painted in photorealism, and freaked the narrator out, which to me, shows enormous skill, a rare talent...perhaps learned over a lifetime, which would explain the numerous paintings in the room (and maybe would have explained the booklet--which appears to be pretty complete). I think we, as readers, believe this story to actually be taking place, like we typically do of Poe's stories. We want to believe them, right? This one could be very different for Poe. The narrator tells the story and we believe it. However, I do not think it actually happened at all. First of all, the painting itself has been trimmed in an oval shape to fit into the frame (which seems to have been carefully selected for this particular painting). Then, the document on the pillow explains all of the details about the "painting" and the woman's death. These 2 facts show us that this has been staged.

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Thank you for your summary and your analysis, but can you make a summary in another story The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens .

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Do The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft

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[@TheOnlyGuess]

Thank you for the valuable information but keeping looking to your left can be distracting. While you read the required passage on your right it's okay. Thank you again

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