Edgar Allan Poe's life impacted his writing in many ways. There were many traumatic events in Poe's life. But there are a couple main reasons in how Poe's life impacted his writing, such as death, love, and insanity. Those are the 3 main topics of Poe's writing.
To start off, death in Poe's life was a big part of his writing. Many people in his life died but there was one thing that killed most of his loved ones. Tuberculosis was the one that killed many loved ones. Poe referred to TB as the mummer in “The Masque Of The Red Death”. The mummer was like TB to Poe because it could and would kill anybody it wanted. Another way Poe's life impacted his writing is because lots of loved ones died in his life. He loses many of the people he loves such as his mom, his foster mom, and his brother, his wife Virginia. …show more content…
In most of Poe's pieces of writing he has love in there somewhere, but the one notable piece of writing that he did that was called the “The Raven”. In that story there is a lady that the narrator was looking for called Lenore. From the reader's point of view you don't know who Lenore is because there was no one in his life by the name of Lenore, but many think it represents Virginia. Another way poe's life impacted his writing was Virginas death. She was the one he had loved the most. But of course she dies of TB. In addition, insanity impacted Poe's writing very much. In the story “The Raven” the raven can somewhat talk. But all it says is “Nevermore”. So Poe has the narrator ask this raven many questions, but he never gets an answer. This is insanity because he is talking to a raven, which obviously doesn't make sense. Another way insanity impacts his writing is shown in the poem “The Raven”. The raven sits on the Bust of the Palace, which is also known as the God of Wisdom. Most people wouldn't even think of this, but Poe did. He thought that since the bird sat on this statue that it knew
To start off, death in Poe's life was a big part of his writing. Many people in his life died but there was one thing that killed most of his loved ones. Tuberculosis was the one that killed many loved ones. Poe referred to TB as the mummer in “The Masque Of The Red Death”. The mummer was like TB to Poe because it could and would kill anybody it wanted. Another way Poe's life impacted his writing is because lots of loved ones died in his life. He loses many of the people he loves such as his mom, his foster mom, and his brother, his wife Virginia. …show more content…
In most of Poe's pieces of writing he has love in there somewhere, but the one notable piece of writing that he did that was called the “The Raven”. In that story there is a lady that the narrator was looking for called Lenore. From the reader's point of view you don't know who Lenore is because there was no one in his life by the name of Lenore, but many think it represents Virginia. Another way poe's life impacted his writing was Virginas death. She was the one he had loved the most. But of course she dies of TB. In addition, insanity impacted Poe's writing very much. In the story “The Raven” the raven can somewhat talk. But all it says is “Nevermore”. So Poe has the narrator ask this raven many questions, but he never gets an answer. This is insanity because he is talking to a raven, which obviously doesn't make sense. Another way insanity impacts his writing is shown in the poem “The Raven”. The raven sits on the Bust of the Palace, which is also known as the God of Wisdom. Most people wouldn't even think of this, but Poe did. He thought that since the bird sat on this statue that it knew