The Devil in the Belfry 鐘樓里的魔鬼/鐘樓魔影（英文版）
TheDevilintheBelfryisasatiricalshortstorybyEdgarAllanPoe.Itwasfirstpublishedin1839.InanisolatedtownVondervotteimittiss(wonder-what-time-it-is),thepunctiliousinhabitantsseemtobeconcernedwithnothingbutclocksandcabbage.Thismethodical,boringandquietlittleboroughisdevastatedbythearrivalofadevilishfigureplayingabigfiddlewhocomesstraightdownfromahill,goesintothebelltower,brutallyattacksthebelfry-manandringsthirteeno'clock,tothehorrorofthetown'sinhabitants.Thedevilcharactercanbeseenasthebringerofchaostoanorderedsystem.Inthecontextofthestory,thedevilisatroublemakerwhodestroystheserenityoftradition.However,inthatPoemocksthetown'sridiculoustraditions,itcanbeinterpretedthatthedevilisaviolentforceofchange,originalityandcreativityinanotherwisestagnantenvironment.Somehaveclaimedthestorytobepoliticalsatire,butPoe'sliteraryplay,hispleasureatcreatingconnections,seemsmoreimportantthananysingle'target'ofsatire."
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