Edgar Allan Poe's Different Perspectives: Same Story

When novels are being translated into movies, the meaning can often get lost in translation. The depth that the novel has to it can often be lost in the movie. The movies are translated by directors and producers for the entertainment of the public, but a book is all the author’s creativity put onto paper. Baz Luhrmann’s film, The Great Gatsby, would have been a great film on its own, but it was not a successful adaptation of the novel causing the true meaning to be lost in all the film and music.

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the greatest authors in American Literature. His literary gift is confusing and difficult to understand. Edgar Allan Poe often uses fear and death to create haunting and dismal tones for his stories. He had a very somber and harsh life, filled with tragedies and depressing events. Poe grew up without his biological parents. His mother died when he was two years old of Tuberculosis, and his father walked out on him just before his mother’s heartbreaking death. He married the love of his life, which he loved very much and also tragically lost her to Tuberculosis. Shortly after her death, he relied heavily on alcohol. These tragic, uneventful phenomenon’s, explain why his short stories and poems are so dark and disturbing.

The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls is story that revolves around a family that faces the hardships of a low class life, constant frustration, and hopelessness. I believe this story is centralized by the title of the book. “The glass castle” throughout the book is a dream, it is dream to Jeanette and her whole family, it represents a better life in a better place. Jeannette Walls centralizes her writing based on diction, the writer specifically chose unique words to show her experiences and emotions, this helps readers interpret the story from the writer's point of view.

Cordingly talks of movies based on works of fiction, saying “There is nothing wrong with this….But the fact remains that the lives of some of the real pirates and the men who hunted them down are as fascinating and as full of drama as any of the works of fiction” (177). Cordingly is fine with letting fictional pieces be exaggerated for the story, but does not want the true stories to be forgotten.

Edgar Allan Poe’s style of writing has changed the way of modern writing. From syntax to imagery Poe uses astonishing literary techniques to captivate the audience in creepy, dark stories and poems. Edgar Allan Poe had a somewhat depressing childhood, his parents were killed when he was only at the age of three years old. John Allan fostered him but he was never legally adopted. Poe started writing before and continued to write after he enlisted in the army. Some of the traumatic experiences throughout his life may have lead to Poe’s dark and ominous styles of writing. A few of Poe’s works that displayed his dark styles of writing and changed modern writing today include, Annabel Lee, a gothic poem, about a narrator who mourns the creepy

The author of “The Raven” is Edgar Allen Poe who is famous for writing deep poems. In “The Raven” the narrator is thinking about his “lost love”, which affects him throughout the poem.Edgar was also going through some tough times too. Even though he was famous he was still dirt poor. Today, I’m going to draw a parallel to “The Raven” and Edgar Allen Poe’s life.

Kate Chopin was an American author that wrote many stories that are based in Louisiana. She bases most of her work on women’s movement of the nineteenth century. One of Chopin’s prevalent stories called “The Storm”, focuses on the expectation of women’s marriage in the 1800’s. This story demonstrates numerous significant elements that give the reader a sense of what is going on throughout the story. One element being demonstrated in the story is the theme. The theme is important for setting an ambience within the story. An analysis on Kate Chopin’s “The Storm” demonstrates the theme of freedom, happiness, and adultery.

Of all gothic writers, Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most groundbreaking of them all. From The Cask of Amontillado, a story with integrated historical references of the time, to The Fall of the House of Usher, a deep and morbid story full of imagery. Anywhere from The Tell-Tale Heart, truly a story of both unique syntax and perspective, to The Raven, a poem full of symbols and eerie repetition. Through these and many more, Poe has been using his writing style to immerse people into his stories and poems alike since 1839. However, Poe is only able to accomplish this through his unique writer’s style, particularly his forceful imagery and meaningful syntax.

Edgar Allan Poe’s use of literary devices to show the how fear of the characters in his stories are both helpful and harmful to them. Poe shows how the fears and obsessions of the narrators in his tales either lead to their inevitable death, or their miraculous survival. Edgar Allan Poe uses many literary devices in his texts, such as symbols, ironies, and figurative language, to show the strange and distorted ways of the characters, and the repercussion of their fears and obsessions.

“ The Fall of the House of Usher “ by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story about a man named Roderick

The first-person point-of-view found in Poe’s "The Cask of Amontillado" is essential in creating the central theme of the story. This style of narration is also important in this particular story, because when a murderous protagonist, Montresor, is allowed to tell the story from his own perspective, the reader obtains a disconcerting look into his mental composure from the initial conjuring of his plan to the end result. The style of narration develops the unsettling tone of the story by allowing the reader to become personally acquainted with the thoughts and intentions of the protagonist. The first person point of view allows certain ironies to become evident, and furthermore, “The Cask of Amontillado” would not have been as psychologically powerful were

In many stories and poems; such as the Tell Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, The Raven, Annabel Lee, The House of Usher, and so many more timeless works, Edgar Allan Poe has been captivating his audiences with spine tingling thrillers through the words and style of his own twisted ways. The only way to describe where Poe’s writing belongs in history, would be classified as gothic genre. From the start of the 1800’s to present day and the future of literature, through irony, repetition, imagery, and symbolism Poe has been bewitching readers with his gore and insane writings.

“Lord, help my poor soul”, the last and final words of the amazing writer, Edgar Allan Poe, before his sudden death in 1849. Edgar Allan Poe wrote dark and treacherous stories and poems that often lead to the questioning of his mental state. Poe lived a rather difficult life in which writing was his escape. No one ever knew what had happened to Poe, only that he was a drunk. Edgar Allan Poe 's parents were both professional actors who did their job well. Edgars parents passed away when he was only three years old leaving him to be an orphan. Hs family was dirt poor. His dad left his family when he was only two years old with two other siblings, Henry and Rosalie, causing things to turn to the worse for the family. Soon after that Edgar 's mom died of tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia. Edgar became a merchant and grew up rather comfortably. For five years Edgar and his foster family moved and lived in England, where Edgar got a good education at a school outside of London. When Edgar was 15 he wrote his first poem Last night, with many cares & toils oppres 'd, Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest. In 1826 Poe enrolled in the University of Virginia. Edgar was a good student with a bad gambling problem. By the end of his first semester, Poe was over $2000 in debt, to which John refused to pay.

Kate Chopin was an American author that wrote many stories that are based in Louisiana. She bases most of her work on women’s movement of the nineteenth century. One of Chopin’s prevalent stories called “The Storm”, focuses on the expectation of women’s marriage in the 1800’s. This story demonstrates multiple significant elements that give the reader a sense of what is going on throughout the story. One element being demonstrated in the story is the theme. The theme is important for setting an ambience within the story. An analysis on Kate Chopin’s “The Storm” demonstrates the theme of freedom, happiness, and adultery.

In comparison to the rigid patriarchal society portrayed in “My Last Duchess”, Keats’ “La Belle Dame sans Merci” illustrates how the freedom of individual expression in the romantic period affects people’s perspective on love. While the narrative persona in “My Last Duchess” demands his wife to devote her love to him, the protagonist of “La Belle Dame sans Merci” devotes to the woman he loves even though the love is unrequited. This is evident through the repetition of the line “On the cold hill side.” throughout the poem. The noun phrase “cold hill” suggests that the knight is lonely and depressed when he waits for the woman solely, however unlike the narrative persona of “My Last Duchess”, he would not demand the woman to love him instead he would wait patiently until the day his affection towards her is accepted. Subsequently, through the knight’s patience in waiting for the woman he favours, Keats highlights the strong affection she has for the woman.