I have no idea where this came from, but Rafael
Poe gives his unnamed narrator an air of superiority mixed with insanity. From his point of view, the narrator does not seem to find his actions entirely unquestionable. In fact, the way the story is told, the narrator is calmly explaining his thought processes of why he did what he did.
This shows us, the readers, that the mysterious narrator is, despite his best efforts and explainations, quite insane.
Poe's use of direct characterization to the readers by having the narrator implore to us to listen to his story gives the tale a sharp edge of dramatic irony.
Harriet Beecher Stowe is the person who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, in 1852. At the time it was published, it was either loved (usually by black people) or hated (by slave owners) because it was an anti-slavery book which portrayed a black slave as the humane person, and a white man as an evil person.
<span>This excerpt indicates that soldiers are completely unprepared to fight in a war; </span><span>''An ecstasy of fumbling, Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time; But someone still was yelling out and stumbling, And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime''.
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