Approach To Edgar Allen Poe’s Writings
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Through out Edgar Allen Poe’s life, many factors have contributed
and influenced his writing style. He lived a difficult life, because he
was raised in a dysfunctional household. He was raised by a step father
who did not love him, or he dictated his values so much that it warped Poe’s
impre ....
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.... motif
appears(Schopper). In the case of “The Tell Tale Heart” the captain was
the old man/father figure. Guiding the people in the boat closest to the
edge of existence, into the maelstrom. And Poe makes it the captains fault
that they are caught in the outer ring of the maelstrom and are coming
closer to the center(Schopper). In the “Black Cat”, the husband in the
story was cruel and unjust to the cats. The cats were probably
representing Poe when he was defenseless and young. Poe ....
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