This is an essay about feminist theories and three of Edgar Allan PoeтАЩs gothic stories: тАЬLigeia,тАЭ тАЬMorella,тАЭ and тАЬThe Oval Portrait.тАЭ
Different than many essays that have similar topics and criticize PoeтАЩs patriarchal thoughts, this essay examines the overlap between PoeтАЩs gothic stories and feminist theories and analyzes PoeтАЩs feminist ideas and thoughts. This essay argues that there is a feminist element in PoeтАЩs stories, and describes the kind of feminist thought he holds.
This essay introduces some feminist theories that are relevant to victimization in PoeтАЩs stories. this essay analyses some different aspects of the stories (the female charactersтАЩ appearances, sex, the position of females in their family
relationships, children, the dependence and independence females) and it tries to figure out the overlap between PoeтАЩs stories and feminist theories to determine the kinds of feminist thought Poe holds.┬а