English 3
Ms. Bourn
Period: 8
Edgar Allan Poe - Argument Paper
Edgar Allan Poe born in Boston on January 19, 1809 left behind a mystery that has never been solved. The 2012 American film, The Raven, directed by James McTergue on a screenplay by Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare and starring John Crusack, is a murder mystery encompassing Edgar Allan Poe’s greatest works. The Raven is a thriller that tells the fictional tale that shows what may have happened to Poe in his last days of life. In this movie a serial killer starts murdering people in a manner based on Poe’s stories and kidnaps Poe’s fiancé. The writer is forced to become a detective to try and outwit the detective and save his beloved Emily. After learning