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Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was born near London on the 19th of January 1809. His mother wasan actor and his father was a doctor. When Poe was 2 years octogenarian his fatherdisappeared. His mother, who was seriously ill in tuberculosis, took Poe and hissister to Richmond, Virginia. Poes mother died soon after this. The twosiblings became then separated and Poe was taken care of by the tight familyof the Allans. Due to Mr. Allans work the family had to move to England, wherethey spent five years. In 1826 Poe started at "The University of Virginia".Although he was a good student he didnt succeed due to his gambling, competitivenessand drinking. When Mr. Allan found out about this Poe had to finish school andstart working in Mr. Allans tobaccoshop. After some time Poe travel to Bostonwhere he started make his small poems and short stories in newspapers. In1827, Poes first book "Tamberlane and other poems" came under the pseudonym of"A Bostonian". These p oems were very influenced by Byron and showed a youthfulattitude. later the same year he joined the army. He succeeded there and In 1829he signed for an officer-training. This was the same year as he published his indorse book "Al Aaraaf, Tamberlane and minor poems" but this time under the nameof Edgar A Poe. Before he left his training he got financial ease from the othercadets to publish his third version of the book, although Poe called this book asecond version. In this book there are famous poems as "To Helen" and "Israfel".These poems show the musical effect that has come to characterize Poes poems.Later Poe moved to Baltimore to live with his ant. There he married his cousinwho was only 13 years old. Then Poe moved to New York to become famous, but withalmost no success. Poe had after 1837 his best period with his greatest works as"The murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841) and "The take place of the house of Usher"(1839). Poes wife pass ed away in 1847, and Poe took it hard. Yet he continuedwith his writing until he died the on 7th October 1849 by alcoholic poisoning.Edgar Allan Poe was loosely known for his analytic and criticising analyses. Itwas them which gave him respect as a critic. Poe was influenced by the British18th centurys romantic horror short stories. That is why he wrote those. He was similarly v... ...g to put togetherthe impression with sentences like "The silken hair, too, had been suffered togrow all unheeded, and as, in its wild gossamer texture, it floated rather thanfell about the face." The whole tarradiddle is about Roderick who has become isolatedin his castle and there he has grown extreme sensitivity to senses. I think thatPoe is trying to tell multitude that they shouldnt isolate themselves. They willthen become like Roderick where the only thing that matters is his sister thatpasses away after some time. Along with that the sister dies, everything fallsapart. I really mean fa ll apart then. Just after that the young man has left thehouse everything falls into pieces and it is suddenly obvious that the frameworkwas flea-bitten although the house looked table.I had major expectations when I started allegeing this short story and I was notdisappointed. It was great. The atmosphere was very realistic and the story wasgood. The ending comes as a surprise. It isnt at all what one can expect. Asthe matter of fact I liked all the short stories that I have read that Poe haswritten. He is really a great horror-writer. Maybe the best. But Stephen King isalso great.