How Does Dead Reckoning Work Poe?
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Dead reckoning in Poe‘s works is often used to represent a character‘s psychological state. It is a symbolic representation of the journey that a character takes in order to arrive at some sort of realization or epiphany. Often, it is a metaphor for how a character has to traverse a mental landscape of memories and revelations in order to get closer to the truth. In many of his stories, the dead reckoning process is linked to a character‘s sense of redemption or understanding of their own identity and life’s purpose.