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William Wilson (short story) - Wikipedia "William Wilson" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in The Gift, with a setting inspired by Poe's formative years on the outskirts of London The tale features a doppelgänger It also appeared in the 1840 collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, and has been adapted several times
The Story of William Wilson - American English From small acts of darkness I passed, in one great step, into the blackest evil ever known Listen while I tell of the one cause that made this happen Death is near, and its coming has softened my spirit I desire, in passing through this dark valley, the understanding of other men
A Summary and Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘William Wilson’ ‘William Wilson’: summary First, a brief summary of the plot of ‘William Wilson’ The narrator tells us that although the path to evil is commonly assumed to be a slippery slope, for him it was more of a steep and rapid decline – very suddenly, he found himself capable of acts of extreme depravity
Poe’s Short Stories “William Wilson” (1839) - SparkNotes “William Wilson” is Poe’s most sustained character study of the doppelganger, or double, a theme explored in a similar way recently by the popular film Fight Club Poe doubles the twins Roderick and Madeline Usher in “The Fall of the House of Usher” and in “William Wilson ”
William Wilson - CliffsNotes Wilson staggered through the feeble light of dawn to the vestibule and there he barely perceived a young man, dressed as Wilson was, in the latest fashion The stranger strode up, seized Wilson by the arm and whispered "William Wilson!" in his ear Wilson became sober in an instant
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Tales - William Wilson William Wilson - The fellow student and rival of the narrator Whether or not he physically exists is a debatable point, but he is clearly meant to be, at least metaphorically, the conscience of the narrator
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Tales - William Wilson . . . Who, indeed, among my most abandoned associates, would not rather have disputed the clearest evidence of his senses, than have suspected of such courses, the gay, the frank, the generous William Wilson — the noblest and most liberal commoner at Oxford — him whose follies (said his parasites) were but the follies of youth and unbridled fancy