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True or False: Poe's two narrators are good at taking responsibility for their own evil actions: True/ False

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True

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The narrators in Poe's works, like in 'The Fall of the House of Usher', are often characterized as unreliable, and thus, they generally do not take full responsibility for their evil actions; the answer is false.

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The question asks whether it is true or false that Poe's narrators are good at taking responsibility for their own evil actions. The answer to this question would be false. Both in "The Fall of the House of Usher" and in other works by Poe, such as "The Purloined Letter", narrators often exhibit characteristics of being unreliable narrators. They may not be fully honest, show a bias, or have moral shortcomings that prevent them from taking full responsibility for their actions. For example, in the story "The Fall of the House of Usher", the narrator reflects on the inevitability of death and the doomed nature of humanity, without clearly taking responsibility for any actions.

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