埃德加·爱伦·坡是浪漫派作家中较为特别的一位,他的作品色彩大都被他的生活经历所沾染,显得阴暗而低沉。笔者从“重复”“、象征”两种坡惯用的修辞手法入手,对坡的哥特小说进行深入分析。这两种手法的运用,不仅让小说中恐怖的氛围加重,并且还在这些恐惧和黑暗下面,让读者领略了人性中的爱和对美的不同理解与运用。 Edgar Allan Poe is one of the more romantic writers. Most of his works are contaminated by his life experiences, and appear dark and gloomy. The author starts from the rhetorical devices of “Duplicate”, “Symbol”, and conducts an in-depth analysis of Poe’s poetry. The use of these two techniques not only aggravates the horror atmosphere in the novel, but also under these fears and darkness, so that the readers can appreciate the love in human nature and the different understanding and application of beauty.