EA.Poe

by Linda
(England)

I believe that Edgar Allen Poe was a clever writer with a different writing style for the times. He uses dashes, commas exclamation marks, etc, constantly.
At present I am writing an essay on 3 of his works which all include death, murder - just violence really.
Some pieces are worrying - I mean where does his inspiration for such irrational and horrific acts come from?
The pieces I am talking about are THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO, THE BLACK CAT and THE TELL-TALE HEART.
One man kills a guy he likes because he doesn't like the old mans eye! - then this dude horrifically hangs a cat, hacks his wifes brains - then throws another cat into a wall cavity! And then another man in another story chains someone to a wall and leaves him to die in some catacombs!
Different - I have come to the conclusion that all characters in these three books are mad and that Poe's heavy drinking fueled the violent side of his stories - either that or he isn't affected by the horrific acts he has written about.
PS. thanks for an informative site on Poe - my essay is all the better for it!
Joke - I'm no copycat.