Similarities And Differences Between Edgar Allan Poe And Roald Dahl

“The Fall Of The House Of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe and “ House Taken Over “ by julio Cortazar, both Gothic Literatures explaining the lives of those who are too afraid to live, when they believe in buying themselves happiness. In both stories, the setting is based off two extremely large homes that are being taken care of by siblings, both male and female. They end up excluding themselves from each other's lives and begin to follow a routine based of the house. Both keeping you guessing at the end. Did they disappear? Did they die?

Both of these authors wrote science fiction for the most part. They both really liked to write with a very imaginative style. In this they both created story with a lot of personification and out of this world personalities. Both of their writing were very suspenseful in: “There Will Come Soft Rains” and “The Tell Tale Heart”. Both of these stories in some way end off pretty sad or scary in a way and have a very suspenseful spot or a large peak in a story. And both of these authors wrote very successful poems. Poe started getting into horror further into his carrier.

Edgar Allan Poe, was not famous for writing happy and cheerful poems. Throughout Edgar Allan Poe’s life, he was surrounded by constant fatality from the death of his parents leading up to the final moments of his dear wife Virginia and it was expressed in his poems and fictional writings. His birth parents died when Poe was very young and this impacted and influenced many of his poems “From childhood’s hour I have not been-”(Alone Line 1). Edgar Allan Poe, described as a poet whom is known for his "horror and haunting poems", was a growing writer and could produce explicit stories, but how was this sudden dark and uneasy work inspired?

What ways are Poe and Ray Bradbury similar? What ways are they different? In Poe’s and Bradbury’s stories there is foreshadowing, foreshadowing is a warning or a hint that something is going to happen. In the Tell Tale Heart, Poe made the killing of the old man recognizable early in the story. Ray Bradbury made the house “dying” clear because the house had no purpose anymore, so eventually it died in a fire. Bradbury had the house have no purpose, the story would be boring if the house had not died. Both Poe and Bradbury have a mysterious writing style. In the Tell Tale Heart Poe formed the story , so that the reader would have to imagine what happened to the butler and the police. In There Will Come Soft Rains, Bradbury leaves the story off on “Today is August 5, 2026, Today is August 5, 2026, Today is….” the author formed it so that the reader would think of different scenarios to end the story.

Edgar Allen Poe was an American poet who lived from 1809 to 1849. He died an untimely death, but wrote many great works in his short life. Two of these imaginative pieces, both poems, include Annabel Lee, published in 1849, and The Raven, published in 1845. These poems are very similar in many ways. Like most of Poe’s works, they focus on love and loss, and sanity versus madness. Their rhyme structures differ, but their forms, on the page, are almost identical. Both of these poems include imagery and figurative language, along with sound devices. Both poems have a different speakers, but both are grieving and are saddened by the loss of their lovers. All in all, Poe’s poems are

Edgar Allen Poe and Ray Bradbury were both amazing authors of many books. They wrote books and short stories about the supernatural, unlike many other authors. They caused their readers to think about the deeper meaning(s) about their stories. In their stories they use many literary devices : foreshadowing, imagery, irony, allusion, and symbolism that enhance their stories. Though they have things in common with their styles of writing, there are also some differences that they have.

Edgar Allen Poe was an American writer who wrote many poems and stories during his 40 years of life. His beginning of being a writer was met with a lot of negativity, and many magazines he tried to be published in rejected his submissions. It was only in his later years that he was able to get some of his stories and poems published. He is known to be one of the originators of horror and detective fiction. Also, he was a literary critic, which made him some enemies as well. From all the poems, stories and criticisms, Poe was a very industrious writer creating some seventy poems, sixty-six short stories and one novel. Most of these works demonstrate his inventive side as well with his style of writing on horror and gothic topics. There were

Edgar Allan Poe had experienced a loss multiple times. Poe married his cousin when she was 13, he was 27. Both of Poe’s parents died in 1811 and so he was raised as a foster child. In the poem “Annabel Lee” he talks about how his love Annabel Lee passed away. In the poem “The Raven” he talks about his love, Lenore passing away and The Raven comes to him and is repetitive. “Annabel Lee” and “The Raven” are similar because they both have the same mood and topic; however the two poems are different because the speaker felt differently about both of his lost girls.

Though Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories like, The Cask of Amontillado, to his poems like, The Raven, Poe’s shows his writing style to use physical imagery and connotative syntax to show ,imagery in his writing. Throughout his life, Poe had always lived through the most chaotic and evil of time. His parents died while he was 3 years old. After his parents died, he lived with another family member who never accepted him as their own son. Later on in life, Poe had served in the military and at that point he started writing poems. After Poe was honorably discharged from the military, he married his 12 year old cousin who died shortly of tuberculosis. These events heavily contributed to his writing style by giving events to base stories as well as a viewpoint on the world. Overall, Edgar Allan Poe’s twisted and ominous writing style focuses on using physical imagery and connotative syntax to show imagery.

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.

“The Raven,” is and was one of the most famous poems in the history of poetry written by someone. For most people who have had the privilege of reading the poem, would answer some questions about the poem stating that it is undoubtedly being the Poe us writing this poem with the unique propose to illustrate the strong impact left by the death of a loved one in the mind of the mourner. The answers that come by like these would be true because in the poem he really is going through a hard time after losing someone who has been by his side since he was a teenager. By Poe losing his wife made him start wanting to do things more than ever before because he wanted to do them for his wife not only for him. However once I finished reading the poem “The Raven” I was immediately captivated by the new viewpoint brought to my attention

Humans are not perfect beings free from illness and corruption. Things can go wrong and often types people suffer for it. They can go insane. This is further explored in the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart.” written by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Yellow Wallpaper.” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman they are similar due to the recurring themes in both texts featuring appearance vs. reality, and Madness. With their similarities in writing styles, we see the struggle that the human mind goes through when dealing with dark obsession, an important aspect of the human condition. There are also some differences, for instance, there is death in both but they are a bit different, and one of the narrators has more control of their situation than the other.

Some influences that could have a possible effect on Poe could be the fact that he was brought up in bad conditions. His family was extremely poor and many of his family members had died from diseases and he had no father figure as he left early on in Poe’s childhood. Also he had witnessed the military and had enlisted before being removed from the army. He after failing at getting a degree and being in the army had lived the rest of his days writing. This might be an indication of why his gothic works are very unsettling and tense, because of the events he had noticed in his life. It is apparent that the environment that Poe had to lived through could have affected his style as an author.

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most notable poets as he has had many powerful and creative pieces that became very popular. As a young boy he had many problems growing up Poe lost his mother when he was only sixteen and left to fend for himself. Throughout his life he was a hopeless romantic who got into a lot of relationships. One of the most known relationships that he got into was with Annabel Lee in which he had created as his last poem before his unexpected death, Annabel Lee. At the time he wasn’t only mourning the death of Annabel Lee but also the death of his wife a few years back which is the reason that he wrote The Raven. Learning about how all of the people that he loved, and cared for died will show just about anyone that it was not an easy life for Poe. A critic once said that Poe wrote and knew that any type of love had to come with loss (Kennedy). This showed a lot about Poe’s life as everyone that he loved he actually did lose. This made it a lonely life that made him very depressed. In his poems, Edgar Allan Poe, portrayed that his loneliness has came from the love, and loss of his most important people.

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author; he mainly focused in genres such as short stories and poems. Poe didn’t have much of an academic background in literature but, he excelled in it. Some people believe that his success was mostly due to the fact that his life was very sad, filled by a series on misfortunate events, such as being an orphan, suffering from poverty and being constantly surrounded by death. In his works, Poe portrays narratives that are characterized by their mystery and macabre. The topic of death was ever present in his work, constantly describe with dark moods and somewhat terrifying settings. His ways of witting these thrilling narratives made him one of the most famous authors in the English language.