Talk:A Predicament

Entanglement
The first mention of entanglement in literature was made by Edgar Allan Poe in his short story A Predicament. In it, the protagonist manages to have her head stuck in a large clock face in a church steeple, with the sharp minute hand slicing her neck.

Here, two unattached objects act together while being separated by a distance, without regard to the position of the observer. This imaginative description of entanglement merits mention in the article about this short story.Lestrade 19:34, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Lestrade


 * Interesting. The scene of the eyes is mentioned in the plot summary (it's a hilarious scene). To suggest that this is "quantum entanglement," and especially that its the first literary mention of it, would certainly require a source. If you've got one, feel free to add it in. Otherwise, it's just speculative at best. Considering this is just a comedic piece, I certainly wonder if it's particularly significant to quantum physics. --Midnightdreary 20:13, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Wiki location question
Since this has never been published as a separate volume, and this wiki page also includes another story, would it be easier to find if this article was incorporated into a larger page on Poe's work, or else separated into two pages for each story? SarahTheEntwife (talk) 18:44, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The two stories are companion pieces and really should be treated as a single work. The larger page on Poe's work is fairly inclusive (see Edgar Allan Poe bibliography and you'll see that most of his individual works have separate pages and, in turn, most of those have never been published as a separate volume. I think it makes sense to keep "How to Write a Blackwood Article" with "A Predicament" (most anthologies do too). --Midnightdreary (talk) 18:54, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
 * That makes sense; thanks! SarahTheEntwife (talk) 23:37, 9 December 2013 (UTC)