Read “William Wilson” by Edgar Allan Poe” and “The Other” by Jorge Luis Borges and discuss the very different ways that these two authors handle this intriguing idea.

Read “William Wilson” by Edgar Allan Poe” and “The Other” by Jorge Luis Borges. Both are in Fifty Great Short Stories.

Then, in the Reply box below write a response essay with at least 500 words of your own writing (quotations don’t count).

Put the word count at the top of your submission. Also respond to a few of your fellow students.

Both of these stories touch upon the concept of the doppelgänger (or double, but not a twin).

Discuss the very different ways that these two authors handle this intriguing idea.