People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
We spend our lives trying to understand what others are thinking but we can never really understand anything completely. This is what makes life interesting.
Somewhere, there’s a small part of the internet that’s stored everything we’ve ever said.
Someday, it’ll be the only thing that will be a reminder of us.
The master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe has never failed to bewitch us with his magical, transcendental prose. Often portraying the death of a beautiful woman, Poe is romantic, bleak and moody. Although his poetry achieved recognition during his lifetime, after publishing “The Raven,” he began his career as a literary critic. Harsh and meticulous, Poe believed every literary piece must accomplish “unity of effect” in order to be successful. The “totality” of a writing piece must follow the following elements he deemed as effective in order to construct a “vivid effect.” Below are Poe’s criteria in constructing an architectural, ideal short-story.
