Edgar Allan Poe was an extremely troubled man from the beginning of his life. Poe’s mine was consumed with thoughts of death. In his dark times he felt as if the grave was calling to him to come nearer and nearer. Even in the good times when Poe was his happiest with love in his life he new that death was always waiting around the corner, either for him or for his loves. Poe’…showed first 75 words of 3835 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3835 total…life caused him to always search for frame and fortune. The greatest fear he had in life, that fear of death, became what he desired most by the end of his tragic life. Poe should not be pitted nor condemned. If he had not been tortured by the death of his loves, lived with the fear of death, and not hated his fathers he would never have written the extraordinary tales he wrote. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**