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    the poison tree, the idea of a tree that is toxic take us back to the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil from the book of Genesis. Likewise the title of this poem represents its central symbol. That the speaker sustains his anger against a foe, and it develops into a tree bearing poisonous fruit. typically, Poison reveals death, malicious; it is normally given to somebody with a specific end goal to murder them. Tree reveals growth, nature, or an image of rot. Evil is being embodied on a tree. In

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    ‘’Cask of Amontillado’’ and the ‘’Poison Tree’’  The narrator of  ’’Cask of Amontillado’’ by Edgar Allan Poe and William Blake’s narrator from ‘’Poison Tree’’ both take pleasure in planning a revenge in which they take advantage of their victims’ weaknesses. While there are many similarities between the two works, there are also differences. Montresor and the narrator are alike in the way of having the same goal; killing the enemy. Montresor was insulted by Fortunato and wanted revenge. In the

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    A bright red apple is the signature picture when someone thinks of an apple. There are many references to red apples in stories and even in poetry. Usually the apples are in reference to a poisoned apple meant to kill someone. In the poem “The Poison Tree” by William Blake, the narrator compares his built up anger to a bright apple with the use of rhyme and symbolism to kill his foe. Anger is a very powerful emotion that can be expressed in different ways. In stanza one, the narrator was angry

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    The Difference Effects of Conflict Conflict can often cause long lasting, detrimental effects on those who endure it, no matter how they handle it. Conflict causes fear, in examples such as “A Poison Tree” by William Blake and in The Stanley Cup Riot photo it shows how said fear has manifested into anger and rage. On the other hand, this fear can also cause those affected to become passive and remain calm which is exhibited by the children In The Middle. Although the people in these examples

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    William Blake, born on November 28, 1757 in London, United Kingdom, wrote “A Poison Tree” to explain to everyone the wrong doings of the Church by teaching people to suppress their anger and the “evil” within them as that will only enhance their resentment furthermore. Inspired by his religion, “A Poison Tree” was written as an attempt to inform people about the problems that are created when one does not address the issue or their anger when it is still minor and resolvable. When grudges are kept

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    Every man is different on the outside than inside. That was especially true for two psychotic, murderous men, in The Poison Tree and The Cask Of Amontillado. These two men do not like to be insulted by anyone. They also bundle up a lot of anger and unfortunately when that happened to these two specific men they didn’t handle it very well. A poison tree is about a man who was very angry with his enemy and it just kept growing and growing and it didn’t stop. After all of this anger was built up it

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    The poem is metaphorical in nature. The title ‘poison tree’ is a metaphor used to describe anger which is a harmful emotion, likened to poison. The apple fruit, borne from the watered poison tree, depicts revenge. Once the poison tree was all grown it bore the apple fruit which was an evil plan of vengeance. The writer also uses a regular rhyme scheme in the poem to create rhythm. The rhyme scheme is such that the last words in every two lines in each stanza sound the same. For example, in the first

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    The Cask of Amontillado, a story by Edgar Allen Poe, and A Poison Tree, a poem by William Blake, both focus on a character who wishes vengeance on another who has wronged them in some way. They tell of how two people have been said to have been wronged one too many times and felt the need to do something about it. In order to express their wrath felt towards these people, they both go as far as to successfully murder them. These two pieces of writing portray a similar message about those who seek

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    The poem “A Poison Tree” by William Blake and the story “The Cast of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe are similar in three ways. The narrators want revenge on someone who has made them upset. One similarity is that the narrators try to get revenge because the other character made them angry. In the poem he says, “In the morning glad I see; My foe outstretched beneath the tree.” Which means his foe has died and he was happy to see that. In Poe’s story, the narrator Montresor does not like his “friend”

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    The poem ‘’ A Poison Tree’’ by William Blake and the story ‘’ A Cask of Amontillado’’ by Edgar Allan Poe. Each read has something to do a hatred feeling between a friend and foe. The hatred coming between the two tear them apart leading to some sort of tragedy in the end. In both selections there are many similarities between the two, but I’m only going to be explaining three, and the first on having to do with getting revenge, which is the central theme. In ‘’ A Poison Tree’’ the narrator

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