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Poe's Element of Symbolism
Though Edgar Allan Poe's works all carry their own unique individualism, one of the few things they have in common is symbolism. Symbolism is when a person, place, thing, or event that stands for something else. The symbolism of each of his works carries a certain uniqueness that sets him apart from other writers in his, previous, and future generations to come.
In one of his famous works, The Oval Portrait (176-179), Poe uses a symbolic message in the end of this tragic tale, or as you could say—a moral of the story. This story actually told another story in itself. When the narrator and his servant broke into an old abandoned apartment, the narrator discovered a portrait of a beautiful young girl. And through this portrait, another story began to unravel itself. Their once was a painter who had two wives: a lovely young girl for a bride and his artwork. Both of them rivaled for attention from him, but the painter continued to focus on his artwork......

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