Dee reviewed Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes by James Baldwin (Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes)
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5 stars
Another story in which a man is tormented by his doppelgänger. Poe's take on this trope is quite similar to that of Dostoevsky's, both the original William Wilson and the original Golyadkin are being agonised by someone who walks, talks, and looks like them and both stories lead up to a climactic end. Despite their similarities, these stories each leave you a rather different feeling of discomfort than the other but are both worth reading.
5/5
The only downside to this story is its short length, other than that it's a fantastic read.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
I would like to add that between Dostoevsky's Double and Poe's William Wilson, I'm far fonder of the latter's ending:
"You have conquered, and I yield. Yet, henceforward art thou also dead—dead to the World, to Heaven and to Hope! In me didst thou exist—and, in my death, see by this image, which is thine …
Another story in which a man is tormented by his doppelgänger. Poe's take on this trope is quite similar to that of Dostoevsky's, both the original William Wilson and the original Golyadkin are being agonised by someone who walks, talks, and looks like them and both stories lead up to a climactic end. Despite their similarities, these stories each leave you a rather different feeling of discomfort than the other but are both worth reading.
5/5
The only downside to this story is its short length, other than that it's a fantastic read.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
I would like to add that between Dostoevsky's Double and Poe's William Wilson, I'm far fonder of the latter's ending:
"You have conquered, and I yield. Yet, henceforward art thou also dead—dead to the World, to Heaven and to Hope! In me didst thou exist—and, in my death, see by this image, which is thine own, how utterly thou hast murdered thyself."
