The Murders in the Rue Morgue

An Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Light-House” Edgar Allan Poe became a renowned writer and permanent literary figure in the horror and detective genres with works such as “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Raven”, and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”. However, Poe’s obscure and unfinished work “The Lighthouse” is perhaps one of his most mysterious, and certainly one of his most unknown, stories. While differing stylistically, “The Lighthouse” shares similar themes with previous works by Poe that…

Edgar Allan Poe always had a difficult life, starting when he was a child. When Poe’s mom died Mr. and Mrs. Allan adopted Poe when he was two years old. Poe was able to grow up in good surroundings and go to good school because Mr. John Allan was a successful merchant. However, Poe soon started to become broke leading him to join the army. Poe had a very difficult time getting his short stories and poems published. Although he had several jobs as an editor, those jobs did not last long. Poe died…

The words gloomy, alternative, tragic, mysterious, and unhappiness are all common themes when describing a particular type of writer. Edgar Allen Poe is the writer who comes to mind when discussing these traits. For people who enjoy dark romanticism, writers, and student he has significant meaning. When people talk about Poe, they see him either as a glorified role model in which they desire to replicate or as a much disturbed individual who is not and will not ever be completely comprehended.…

The dark sky and persistent raindrops on the windshield made the drive to Duquesne University especially glum that Tuesday morning. I felt a particular sense of being shadowed as I walked from my parked car down to Lieberman Hall for our class discussion of detective fiction. When I reached the building, I realized that I had forgotten my key to enter. Thankfully, a man who looked to be my professor rounded the corner and unlocked the door for me. As I passed through the doorway, I turned around…

Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe died October 7, 1849, in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1826 Poe attended the University of Virginia and in 1827, he joined the US Army. During the year of 1830-1831, he enrolled as a cadet in the United States Academy where he was later court-martialed for disobeying authority (Thomas and Jackson). In 1835, Poe entered one of his stories in a contest sponsored by the Baltimore Saturday Visiter that "won" him a prize ("Poe 's…

Edgar Allan Poe is a highly renowned writer, poet, and scholar. He has written everything from horror stories to scientific textbooks. Edgar Allan Poe positively influenced the world artistically, philosophically, and literarily as reflected in the literature of the American Romanticism Period. Edgar was born on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents, David Poe Jr. and Eliza Poe, were traveling actors. His mother died on December 8, 1811 and his father died December 11, 1811.…

He was hired as the editor of Grahams Literary Magazine with the salary of $800 per year. His writing was going extremely well. In this time he wrote a wide variety of short stories and poems. “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Mask of the Red Death,” and “A Decent into the Maelström” were all written during this time in Poes life. Poe, Maria Clemm, and Virginia moved to Philadelphia where he had controlled his drinking (Bloom 1999, 13). In 1842 while singing…

The Darkness in Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allen Poe was an extremely significant person in American Literature. Poe was, and still is one of the most famous horror writers in history and will be remembered for his dark stories, and poems. He greatly influenced America with his mysterious and miserable ways. Even though that Poe was an extremely important and significant person in American Literature he struggled through life. He had many different mental problems that were caused by some of the…

One of the techniques used by Poe was the discovery and exploration of the Right Brain. Poe was an avid follower and believer in Phrenology, although it was studied very little in his time. Poe did not directly discover this part of the brain, but he would still describe it in great detail. He saw it as the exotic part of the mind. What he described as the exotic part of the mind is now officially called the right hemisphere of the brain. He believed this part of the brain dealt with…

Edgar Allan Poe, was a person of great uniqueness, for his life was a great obstacle with many up and downs. With one of those Great achievements was his narrative poem, “The Raven”; Published in January 1845. That clearly shows his well known writing style of a dark metaphysical vision, musical rhythm of his poems, and style in a metrical language. As well, Poe writing clearly reflects on his extraordinary life that show his true meaning of his work and why his, work is looked upon to, by so…