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The Motif of Madness in Selected Short Stories by E. A. Poe
2017. urn:nbn:hr:142:501085
Ketović, Marko
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Ketović, M. (2017). The Motif of Madness in Selected Short Stories by E. A. Poe (Undergraduate thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:501085

Ketović, Marko. "The Motif of Madness in Selected Short Stories by E. A. Poe." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2017. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:501085

Ketović, Marko. "The Motif of Madness in Selected Short Stories by E. A. Poe." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2017. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:501085

Ketović, M. (2017). 'The Motif of Madness in Selected Short Stories by E. A. Poe', Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 06 February 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:501085

Ketović M. The Motif of Madness in Selected Short Stories by E. A. Poe [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2017 [cited 2025 February 06] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:501085

M. Ketović, "The Motif of Madness in Selected Short Stories by E. A. Poe", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2017. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:501085

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TitleThe Motif of Madness in Selected Short Stories by E. A. Poe
Title (croatian)Motiv ludila u odabranim pripovijetkama E. A. Poea
AuthorMarko Ketović
MentorLjubica Matek (mentor)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2017-09-06, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
The motif of madness, the epitome of the Gothic genre and of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, serves as the impetus for the protagonists of the short stories “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Cask of Amontillado”, and “The Pit and the Pendulum”, which the paper analyzes and interprets. The introductory part explicates the social context of the Victorian era and defines madness in the frame of Gothic fiction, serving as a theoretical background for the analysis. An overview is given over the major social factors and advancements which contributed to the depiction of insanity in literature. The analytical part of the paper focuses on the root cause of the character’s insanity and how it shapes their thoughts and actions as they face their obsessions and surroundings. Their behavior and signs of insanity are contrasted, leading to the conclusion that madness can manifest itself in multiple ways such as obsession, excessive pride and paranoia.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:501085
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: German Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/aprvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/aprvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkoga jezika i književnosti)
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