Edgar Allan Poe exposes the danger of not accepting what's real in the short story “Annabel Lee”. The narrator has fallen in unconditional love for the girl, Annabel Lee. And even in her death, he will always think they are still in love as if her precious heart were still beating full of life. With this in mind, the narrator and Annabel Lee are just children, but they still feel strongly about each other even in young age. He knew what he feels is “a love that was more than love- [he] and [his] Annabel Lee” (Poe). In addition to, the narrator explains that he and Annabel’s love are envied by the angels in heaven theirself. He is afraid that their jealousy will grow too large to a point where they will do anything to keep their love from growing
