![]() In the story, the veiling of the eye is probably symbolic,Īlthough any deformation of an eye is widely regarded with apprehension.Īlthough Poe's narrator tells a plain and simple story, which leaves no doubt that he is mad, the authorĬarefully leaves unanswered the question of how much is hallucination. Who possesses the Evil Eye need not be wicked, for many people (for example, in Hungary and Sicily) think it may be unwillinglyĪcquired, and some kindly men avoid looking at other people intently. Student, Harriet Holman) sometimes carry a horse chestnut (a “buckeye”) as a protection. He probably heard of the Eye atįirst hand while he was stationed at Fort Moultrie in Charleston Harbor, since Negroes in South Carolina (as I was reminded by my ![]() ![]() Something feared in so many parts of the world that it seems fruitless to seek an exact source for Poe. It is one of the series of Poe's tales founded on popular superstitions. Unities completely, and is often read as a dramatic monologue. ![]() Since it is an uninterrupted speech of the protagonist, it preserves the This story is a supreme artistic achievement. ![]()
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