Mostly known for his ghoulish and menacing poetry, Edgar Allen Poe is acknowledged as one of America’s greatest writers. He is mostly known for his dark and macabre views on life ,love, and humanity. Many would say that his genre of writing can be “gothic” sometimes due to constant questioning of death and the purpose of his life after grieving his lost ones. Poe is constantly credited by horror film directors for introducing gruesome and thought provoking questions about life to America and Britain. He is now sometimes referred to as the “pioneer” of horror fiction. Poe continues to inspire and entertain his audience with his original and refreshing style of writing. Edgar Allen Poe was introduced to many terrible hardships at a very young