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Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was born near London on the 19th of January 1809. His start wasan actor and his father was a doctor. When Poe was 2 years old 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 wealthy 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, fightingand drinking. When Mr. Allan found out about this Poe had to finish school andstart working in Mr. Allans tobaccoshop. later some time Poe moved to Bostonwhere he started publishing his small poems and short stories in newspapers. In1827, Poes first sacred scripture "Tamberlane and other poems" came under the nom de guerre of"A Bostonian". T hese poems were very influenced by Byron and showed a youthfulattitude. Later the same year he joined the army. He succeeded there and In 1829he sign(a) for an officer-training. This was the same year as he published hissecond book "Al Aaraaf, Tamberlane and minor poems" but this time under the nameof Edgar A Poe. originally he go forth his training he got financial help 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 matrimonial 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 superior works as"The murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841) and "The fall of the house of Usher"(1839). Po es wife passed out-of-door in 1847, and Poe took it hard. Yet he continuedwith his piece of writing until he died the on 7th October 1849 by alcoholic poisoning.Edgar Allan Poe was mostly known for his analytic and criticising analyses. Itwas them which gave him respect as a critic. Poe was influenced by the British18th centurys romanticistic horror short stories. That is why he wrote those. He wasalso v... ...g to put togetherthe impression with sentences like "The silken hair, too, had been suffered togrow all unheeded, and as, in its cracked gossamer texture, it floated rather thanfell about the face." The whole story is about Roderick who has become isolatedin his castle and there he has grown extreme point sensitivity to senses. I think thatPoe is trying to tell people 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 fall apart then. Just after that the young man has left thehouse everything falls into pieces and it is suddenly obvious that the frameworkwas weak although the house looked table.I had major expectations when I started reading this short story and I was nondisappointed. 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.