The tone is sinister and horror The theme is revenge. In the story, Poe inserts a line that says "No one harms me with impunity". That alone alludes to vengeance, and if you mix that with the conclusion, you get a revenge story The tone begins dark and then leads to horror.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.