Edgar Allan Poe Impact On Society

Nearly all of Edgar Allen Poe’s work is influenced by his personal demons and the tragedies that happened in his life, from his wife dying at a very young age, his drug and alcohol addiction. Also, his severe depression had a huge impact on the way he wrote his stories. A few of his stories have hinted a little bit of Poe’s life.

The story “The Oval Portrait” is an about an innocent, beautiful young woman who dies a horrible death and yet, very strange death. There are many other works like “The Oval Portrait”, like Annabel Lee, and The Fall House of Usher. These stories have a connection to Poe’s mother, his Foster mother, and his wife who all died of Tuberculosis. Poe has also written a story about a disease resembling tuberculosis, The story is called “The Masque of the Red Death” it is a disease called the Red Death which spreads like wildfire. When someone gets infected they bleed through all their pores and die a slow and painful death. …show more content…
This story reflects on Poe’s alcoholism and short temperament on his final years. Another story that has an alcoholic character is “The Cask of Amontillado” which is about someone who is extremely drunk chains a guy up to a stone while in deep inside some catacombs and then walls him up in those catacombs where the victim will be lost in there for the rest of his