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A Study of Escape in the Works of:
==//The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym// by Edgar Allen Poe == ==//Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl// by Harriet Ann Jacobs == ==//Roger Malvin's Burial// by Nathaniel Hawthorne ==

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These three passages show the intricate facets of escape. Escape can take many forms, both physical and psychological. Edgar Allen Poe writes of an escape from a mundane existence. Harriet Ann Jacobs writes of an escape from both mental and physical abuse. Nathaniel Hawthorne writes of an escape from self-inflicted guilt. Through these authors readers discover the dimensions of escape as part of human nature.