When I think of "wilderness of the mind", I think of undiscovered territories. Poe definitely discovered new territories of the mind in his writings such as "The Fall of the House of Usher". His work displayed the elements of Gothic such as a sense of fear and mystery. The narrator said "It was no wonder that his condition terrified- that it infected me. I felt it creeping upon me, by slow yet certain degrees, the wild influences of his own fantastic yet impressive superstitions." (663) It sounds like the narrator was experiencing a feeling he had never felt before.
In "The Minister's Black Veil", he scares his congregation and the town by wearing a black veil. It psychological has an effect on people. They got very superstitious about it
In "The Minister's Black Veil", he scares his congregation and the town by wearing a black veil. It psychological has an effect on people. They got very superstitious about it