Edgar Allen Poe essays

Edgar Allen Poe essays Edgar Allen Poe, was a very famous writer, mostly for writing dismal short stories and poems. He wrote many poems and short stories, such as the Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Raven, all are very famous. Edgar Allen Poe was known through many places and times, and still is, he also had his share of good times and bad times. He lost both of his wives to death and faced an alcohol problem late in his life. Also Poe was Editor of newspapers and small town writings, and many famous people congratulated him for his well-respected stories and poems. Poe was born January 19, 1809, in Boston Massachusetts. After his mother died in 1811, he was sent to his grandparents in Scotland where he was given a classical education. Later he returned to his hometown of Richmond Virginia, where he discovered his sweetheart (Sarah) Elmira Royster, and were engaged. Then he began to write poems and short stories, some were not very successful, and did not go over well, but he kept writing. Poe kept writing stories and poems until his wife Elmira died, but he eventually got over it and remarried. He began writing again, he then wrote The Cask of Amontillado. Poes writing brought him much joy. Famous people even read his writings, and some enjoyed them so much the mostly read Poes writings. Soon Poe became very sad, for his second wife had died as well. So he started drinking and became an alcoholic, and sometimes became very violent and much not like himself, and everything in Poes life began to go downhill. One of Edgar Allen Poes famous short story The Black Cat, was about a character (Poe) where he was happily married to a beautiful woman, and they had a cat with a white spot on it. They were all living happily together when Poe snapped and became very drunk. He took the cat that he loved so much, and cut the cats eye out of its socket. His wife soon found out and got very angry with...