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    wealthy tobacco farmers after his biological parents passed away within three years of his birth. His adoptive father shunned him and he was broke and alone for months. Poe married his cousin Virginia and was taken in by her mother. Both of them died of a deadly sickness there after leaving Poe with only his thoughts, pens, and paper. Poe took his depression and rough life and made into works of art, true masterpieces. Studies show that people with creative and artistic brains tend to experience…

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    descriptive writing to advocate a deeper meaning of their stories. One great example of these types of literature is Edgar Allen Poe. Edgar Allen Poe was an American writer in the 19th century who wrote poems, short stories and critical theories.His literature is quite known due to his ideology and emotions he expressed, which had a great impact on the audience back then and now.Edgar Allan Poe's gothic style literature such as “The Raven”, “The beautiful Annabel Lee” and “The Tell-tale heart”…

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    “Spirit of the dead” by Edgar Allan Poe Death is a mystery to everyone that’s living, but the afterlife have experience it already it. Edgar Allan Poe, an American author and poet, wrote a poetic piece “spirit of the dead”. In this mysterious piece Poe uses imagery in each stanza to describe the insight of the afterlife. The author also uses rhetorical devices to but a sense of emotion and compare and contrast the living and the dead. Poe conveys a sense of a dark tone and atmosphere into this…

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    Edgar Allen Poe was known for his insight of the human mind when writing his various horror stories. Through research one can say that the internal horror of the characters mind would be vastly in creating suspense and overall fear more efficiently than that of the external horror of its location or the condition of the environment. H.P. Lovecraft mentions in his writing of Supernatural Horror In Literature- VII. EDGAR ALLAN POE, Poe was one of the first few to incorporate the human psyche into…

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    Poe Film Influence

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    "Poe 's Influence on the Film Industry" Many know Edgar Allan Poe for his infamous short stories and unique ability to create suspense for his readers. However, his important role as a writer has also impacted the way many directors stylize their movies. Surprisingly enough, Poe 's influence has stretched beyond just horror and macabre themes. The details of this influence can be exemplified by well-known films. Poe was an American short-story writer, poet, and critic. He is most famous for…

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    influential authors that contributed greatly to this movement, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet Letter and Herman Melville, who wrote Redburn (Blackwell par. 1). However, the most notable author during this movement was Edgar Allan…

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    loss of the ladies in his life. Poe shows his heartbreak through his poem “Annabel Lee”, his hardship in his life may have influenced him to write “Annabel Lee” as a poem about a lost lover. “Annabel Lee” was influenced by Edgar Allan Poe’s loss of his mother in his childhood, separation of his ex-fiancé and death of his wife. Edgar Allan Poe begins the poem “Annabel Lee” discussing a maiden there named Annabel Lee. He tells the readers that they are lovers. Poe says that the angels above were…

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    name Poe brings to mind images of dark stories with madmen, murderers and premature burials. Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most celebrated authors in American literature. His reputation as a major figure head in both American and World literature is primarily based on his ingenious and fervent poems, short stories and critical theories, which set a powerful grounds for the short form in both fiction and poetry. Poe is regarded as the inventor of the modern detective and the short story. Edgar…

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    Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. In the tell-tale heart, poe demonstrates mastery of suspense and tension, Biden live he provides a dark mood to the story. In the Tell Tale Heart, Poe use great suspense to put the readers of the story on the edge of their seats. Poe uses Three types of suspense in this poem “ The Tell Tale Heart” they are such as describing the character's anxiety or fears, describing sights and sounds very vividly, and repeating words or phrases. an example of suspense Poe uses is…

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    Women In Edgar Allen Poe

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    Throughout much of Edgar Allen Poe’s work, the female is often written in some form of importance one way or another. Whether through symbolism, a clever plot device, or a direct reference to a female character, women are never simply overlooked in the work of Poe. Often times the woman may represent death or perhaps love. A lot of this relates to the reality that is Poe’s life. During his 40 years of life, Poe had suffered nothing but estranged relationships and loss with women in his life. His…

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