Edgar Allan Poe went through many tragic experiences that enabled him to create sentimental poems and short stories. Poe was a literary pioneer and was best remembered for his tales of terror and haunting narratives. It is believed that Poe's childhood and love of life, inspired him to write his literary works of art. Poe's use of drugs was not only for the instant gratification, but it enhanced his already dazzling writing capabilities. His stories were as morbid, twisted, and chaotic as he was. Poe is acknowledged all over the world for creating the modern detective stories. He was a great theoretician and literary critic. Poe’s imagination was so powerful that readers often stood in amazement. Many of Poe’s short stories reflect his experiences with love, death, and despair. Poe's father was an alcoholic and abandoned the family when he was still a toddler, leaving his mom, who was dying of tuberculosis, to tend to Poe. She unfortunately died when he was three years old. The Allan family adopted Poe and the head of the household, Mr. Allan did not take kindly to the young poet. When Poe went to college, he did not receive any money from Mr. Allan. …show more content…
The mysteries of deaths-especially as explored in the story the “Masque of The Red Death”-- were confusing and profound. “The dancers then rushed into the black room. The strongest of the men tried to hold the masquerader, whose tall form stood beside the black clock; but when they put their hands on him they found inside the grave-clothes no human form, nobody nothing! Now they knew that it was the Red Death itself that had come in the night. One by one the dancers fell, and each died as he fell” (Poe). The mystery was the outbreak of tuberculosis, doctors could not find a cure and it was killing tons of people rapidly in Edgar's time. It could hypothesised that Poe was even scared of dying from