Edgar Allan Poe's Grim And Dreary Style

Poe’s Grim and Dreary Style
Many writers express how they feel by the way they write, and how they see the world around them. Edgar Allan Poe is no exception to the rule. During the early years of Edgar Allan Poe, his father abandoned him, his mother, and two siblings. He later saw his own mother cough up blood and die, due to tuberculosis, a very slow death to encounter for a young age child. He was later adopted in 1811 by a couple who did not even want him. Some would say his talent was molded from the tragic events throughout his life, which lead him to write. Poe was an American poet and writer whose work still lingers in many individuals’ imagination. He was very somber in many of his poems and when writing. Throughout his life, he had bad luck and heartaches that continued till his death in 1849. This dark style can be seen in short stories like “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amontillado”. In many different short stories and poems, Poe is known for the strange and unreasonable reasons for murder, isolation, betrayal, insanity, and guilt. Edgar Allan Poe’s life more than likely influenced his distinctive gothic writing style.
Poe’s most well known written short story is named “The Tell-Tale Heart” in light of the fact of the significant meaning it has behind it. Within the story, misery, a sense of darkness,

Poe gives us his reason of murdering a man without a second thought to it, because of the rivalry Montresor had against Fortunato. Throughout the story, insanity and betrayal were shown. The gothic qualities are acknowledged from within the short story when Poe states, “It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation” (page