Thesis: Science Fiction: Poe's "A Descent into the Maelstrom" and " MS found in a Bottle" "It may appear strange, but now, when we were in the very jaws of the gulf, I felt more composed than when we were only approaching it. Having made up my mind to hope no more, I got rid of a great deal of that terror which unmanned me at first. I suppose it was despair that strung my nerves." …showed first 75 words of 973 total…

…showed last 75 words of 973 total…up the basic proportion, both of the men in the story can see, almost smell the evil in the far of waters of the ocean, then both of the works develop the consistent and reasonable consequences, in "MS found in a Bottle," the consequence is the navigation of the seas and in "A Descent into the Maelstrom," the consequence is the old man's hair turning from a jet black to being pure white from fear.