Poe has 5 rules to writing short stories and I need help applying one of them to Ligeiagreenspun.com : LUSENET : The Work of Edgar Allan Poe : One Thread |
One of his 5 rules to writng short stories is that the story must convey the Truth, so my questio is what exactly is the Truth in the story Ligeia.
-- Anonymous, November 28, 2001
The truth is at the end of the story. The truth is staring straight into the face of the narrator. He wants Ligeia alive so much and he also ponders about the meaning of living forever. Well the freakish horror of Ligeia staring him down is his answer and the Poe's truth.
-- Anonymous, November 04, 2002