“The Pit and the Pendulum” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and uses themes such as the conflict between physical and mental aspects of the human body. Poe also uses religion as a major theme in this story. This story is perhaps one of Poe’s more popular works. Poe uses elements f...

Convention and Resistance: The Story Behind The Yellow Wallpaper In "The Yellow Wallpaper", a story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the conflict centers around the narrator's inability to maintain her sanity in a society that does not recognize her as an individual, but as a woman. The convent...