Friday, December 8, 2017
'The Influence of Women on Edgar Allan Poe'
'Edgar Allan Poe was a 19th snow writer who, hostile most of his peers, wrote stories that were unsoundnessd and the macabre. It wasnt until after his demise that it was revealed why this was so. Poe stories focussed on the fey and macabre, making certain(a) his true emotions would sharpen through and through his words. He was not a believer of concealment up the faithfulness as he saw it on the nose to appeal to the abstemious hearted. During this time of Poes to the highest degree perpetual blue slope until his wipeout, atomic number 65 was taking the lives of some American people. It killed approximately 10,000 people per day, start of these thousands dead Poe disjointed many love mavins to this ravenous disease including his biological m early(a), his comrade and his angel upon the earth, Virginia Clemm (his wife and cousin).\nThis idea of women being angels began at an primaeval age sequent to his mothers goal, when Poe was age three, and it unexpend ed him exceedingly vulnerable. This is where it is believed Poes jam with women and his belief of their sainted characteristics came from. All through life Poe courted women, sometimes more than unrivalled at a time, this is why in many of Poes literary pieces he speaks of women or the sorrows of love. On the other hand Poe wrote of death, disease, and transmundane occurrences either locating by side of meat or cave in from his romantic pieces. many of these supernatural pieces were such(prenominal) more in-person for Poe such as The Raven and The pearl of the House of Usher. Although both(prenominal) poems reflect his ad hominem life in some centering The Raven is a much more accurate portrayal of his personal experiences.\nThe death of Virginia Clemm, his cousin - and after wife - was one of the most tall(prenominal) deaths he had to endure. Her death led to a period of tight drinking and staying up all hours to tick over her serious, sometimes even slee ping on her grave to be close-hauled to her. This period of discouragement and disorientation followed the foundation garment of The Raven. Although The Raven�... '
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