I found Edgar Allan Poe’s writings to be both interesting and fascinating. Poe’s stories and poems leave the reader with a sense of fear, uncertainty and death. I enjoyed reading the stories that explored the darker sides of its characters. In “The Raven”, “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” the reader senses that something terrible is going to happen in the beginning of these writings. In some …showed first 75 words of 361 total…

…showed last 75 words of 361 total…the narrator flees to escape the house of Usher. In “The Fall of the House of Usher”, I feel that Poe is trying to show the importance of facing and conquering one’s fears. Poe suggests that when someone constantly conceals his or her fears, it may lead to insanity. I believe it is better to confront and conquer one’s fears rather than to let fears consume and destroy one’s sanity and life.