Analysis Of Edgar Allen Poe 's ' Spirits Of The Dead '

    Edgar Allan Poe once said, “With me, poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.” When stressed, writing was his coping mechanism, and through observation, many grasp how much death encompassed Poe. Although not appreciated during his era, he revolutionized mystery with mesmerizing story plots that yield suspense, but also makes readers question his stability. Most importantly, unlike those famous during his lifetime who are now forgotten, Poe’s legacy will live on forever. Moreover, throughout life, Poe experienced catastrophe, and because of this, writing became his creative outlet.

Edgar Allan Poe is the most morbid of all American authors. Poe made his impact in Gothic fiction, especially for the tales of the macabre of which he is so renowned for. “How can so strange & so fine a genius & so sad a life, be exprest [sic] & comprest in on line — would it not be best to say of Poe in a reverential spirit simply Requiescat in Pace [?]” — (Alfred Lord Tennyson’s reply to the Poe Memorial committee, February 18, 1876). Poe’s own life story sheds light on the darkness of his writings.

Edgar Allan Poe’s death has stumped scientists and investigators everywhere, no one has any idea of why he died. Poe’s death is still a major mystery after he was found disheveled in the streets of Maryland by a tavern. He was taken to a hospital, and couldn’t have an official diagnostic. Poe spent his time in the hospital going in and out of consciousness, he was in a psychotic state of mind. Many ideas are very different in addressing the death of Poe due to the lack of evidence. However, Poe died due to the method of cooping.

In the story, The Premature Burial, Edgar Allan Poe writes about his dramatic experience with his disease called catalepsy and his greatest fear of being buried alive. He states catalepsy can go from, “for a day only, or even for a shorter period” to “weeks—even for months”. The main theme in this story is that being isolated from the world is bad and in Poe’s case he is afraid of being alone and abandoned and yet he doesn't want to leave his home due to his premature burial fear. Terror also affects the mind and gives dwelling and obsessive thoughts, which in this case is being buried alive. The setting of the story highly contributes to the theme due to the story being a dream all along. His conditions in the boat with his crewmen were paralleling

In the Premature Burial written by Edgar Allan Poe, he explains the frightening fear and terror of being buried alive by using descriptive imagery to appeal to his audience which gives off an eerie feeling. Then later on, the narrator explains his experience with fear. The theme is not letting your fears define who you are. The entire story was based on overcoming your fears or learning to deal with your fears. It’s realizing the problem and driving yourself to fix them. In the story, the main theme is being able to overcome your fears if you face them and don’t let your fears consume you as a whole.

Poe’s death was something many people didn’t know about. People have different things they think what happen to Edgar. But no one really knows, I have information to make my way of thinking something to consider .

The Portable Edgar Allen Poe, edited by J. Gerald Kennedy, is a phenomenal compilation of works from one of America's greatest writers of the nineteenth century. Published in 2006, the book contains short stories, poems, and letters, written by Edgar Allen Poe. Full of lies, hope, revenge, and guilt, the stories in this assemblage are suspenseful and convey powerful messages.

“The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe.” The moment everyone read this dreadful headline, tears were shed and questions had been asked. In reality, no one clearly understood why Poe passed away. People thought his death was influenced from his inconvenient childhood and spooky poems. But now, philosophers had come up with theories backed up by evidence, and yet most of them seem unsupportive. In contrast, one theory that has the most support is the death from alcohol. As a matter of fact, evidence that supports this says, “Poe drank excessively at times, and he was always in need of money” (A Haunted Life). In addition, considering that Poe was an alcohol addict because of his troubling life, the theory of him dying from alcohol is the most realistic.

The death of Edgar Allan Poe has remained a mystery since 1849. Everyone has their own reasoning and beliefs of his death, but the question on how this poet passed, remains unanswered. There are many theories on the death of the great poet going from death by alcohol to the idea of him dying from overdosing. Many of historians have tried to crack the case on this man’s death and all have fallen short due to lack of evidence. Due to his alcoholic background it is very believable to think that may have played a role or a factor in his death. I believe that alcoholism and the cooping both are great possibilities of what lead to the death of the great Edgar Allan Poe.

One is molded and sculpted into the person we are today. From our experiences and our background. Who we are and who we become does not depend on us. We are driven by the world around us. Everyone goes through tragic events in their life. Ones might be small, others might be great, however they still have a significant impact in your life. These events may be wonderful, full of happiness and joy, or a tragic event full of misery. Unfortunately, some people are destined to live a life in torment. Living their lives in sadness and tragedy after tragedy. For the author, Edgar Allan Poe he began his life of torment of only two years old when his mother died. The writer Edgar Allan Poe was tormented by diseases, and the deaths of his loved ones and, family members which inspired him to wright The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque the Red Death, The Raven and Annabel Lee. “ He lived with illness and misfortune … there was almost no catastrophe that didn’t touch his life at some point” (Arno Rarlen) The death of the people that he adored and loved caused Poe to wright many of his great short stories and poems, like The Fall of the House of Usher.

The author wants the reader to understand the meaning behind his actions. During the short story the author writes comments to help you prove his actions and thoughts were right.

Throughout Poe’s stories, he shows a development of characters through his development of imagery and syntax. As the antagonists’ characters develop, they become more malicious. This development advances the story and allows it to successfully showcase Poe’s idiosyncratic writing style, a suspenseful mood. Overall, his one-of-a-kind style has inspired many authors to write similar types of sober stories and poems. His influence has made a huge impact on schools around the country. Poe’s stories are taught to students to show off his specific type of style. Poe’s use of imagery and syntax influenced the massive industry of dramatic, thrilling, and suspenseful

The life of Edgar Allan Poe has left an impact on the literary world of today. With a unique body of romance and macabre horrors, he achieved something pure of his time. For all of the gory, tantalizing, mythical idealizations he presented American literature with, he has opened up the floodgates to the worlds of imagination.

James Joyce has been regarded as a literary genius for the better half of a century, and perhaps his most popular and most widely debated piece is the last story of Dubliners, “The Dead.” The ending paragraph of the story is deemed one of the most beautiful endings in all of modern literature, and the story’s ultimate meaning can be hypothesized and criticized in discussion after discussion, making it a popular work among the ascribed literary canon in academia. The whole of Dubliners is meant to provide an insight to the real, and often masked attitudes in Dublin and all of Ireland for the time period Joyce associated with it.

Picture this. The father of modern crime and detective stories, known as Edgar Allan Poe, is sitting down about to write a beautiful piece of writing and BAM! He whisks away into a story of love, death, and just plain out horror; either characters are losing someone near and dear to their hearts or they are plotting to kill. Edgar Allan Poe, at a very young age, lost both of his parents, and later on in life, lost his wife to tuberculosis, so in one way or another, these stories reflect off of his personal experiences. A major theme in Poe’s writings is death. The theme of death is seen throughout the works of Annabel Lee, the Cask of Amontillado, the Raven, and the Black Cat.