Elements Of Edgar Allan Poe: The Disturbing Side Of Poe
The Disturbing Side of Poe Edgar Allan Poe is known for being a gothic writer. Growing up, he had a rough childhood due to everyone in his family dying from Tuberculosis. He uses his rough time to portray his feelings in his works. Poe uses the gothic elements bleak, remote settings and violent scenes in “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “Black Cat” to create a disturbing mood. In “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “Black Cat,” Poe uses bleak and remote settings to create a disturbing mood. Poe immediately establishes the dreary setting in “The fall of the House of the Usher”: “During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year” (Poe, “House of Usher” 293). The description of the scene sets up a bleak
and remote setting to set the mood to make the reader feel disturbed. The scene proves “The gothic style, which has the following elements, appealed to Edgar Allan Poe dark view of the world using bleak and remote settings” (Wiggins 291). Poe was also able to use this type of gothic literature in “Black Cat” to use bleak or remote scenes to create a disturbing mood, “He went about the house as usual, but, as might be expected, fled in extreme terror at my approach. (Poe, “Black Cat” 2). The cat is afraid of the reader due to the way he approached him and this creates disturbance in the short story in an bleak environment. This has foreshadowing ties to later on the story for more violent scenes. Not only did Poe write about dark and dull scenes but he also portrayed violence in his writings in both “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “Black Cat”. Poe was able to portray violence/ macabre in his writings in the “House Of Usher” and “Black Cat” to convey gothic literature. “There was blood upon her white, robes and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame” (Poe House of Usher 309). It is a violent scene due to Madeline struggling to get out of her coffin. Also this scene able to give a good visual to the reader due to portraying the blood.It is very visual and giving Madeline blood all over her clothes which is a symbol for violence. The “Black Cat” also portrayed violent/ macabre scenes, “She fell dead upon the spot, without a groan” (Poe Black Cat 6).This scene the speaker just killed his wife and is describing the scene of her death. Very violent due to the speaker going absolutely insane and killing his wife. Poe uses these quotes to portray gothic elements: “The gothic style, which has the following elements, appealed to Edgar Allan Poe dark view of the world using macabre or violent incidents” (Prentice Hall 291). The textbook talks about poe using gothic style in his writing and he used violence/ macabre as one of his gothic elements in both “Black Cat” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. Poe uses disturbing mood for the reader to portray gothic elements such as Bleak/remote settings and violent scenes in his works of “Black Cat”, and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. Poe has revolutionized writing using his disturbing scenes to keep on the readers wanting to keep turning the pages.
and remote setting to set the mood to make the reader feel disturbed. The scene proves “The gothic style, which has the following elements, appealed to Edgar Allan Poe dark view of the world using bleak and remote settings” (Wiggins 291). Poe was also able to use this type of gothic literature in “Black Cat” to use bleak or remote scenes to create a disturbing mood, “He went about the house as usual, but, as might be expected, fled in extreme terror at my approach. (Poe, “Black Cat” 2). The cat is afraid of the reader due to the way he approached him and this creates disturbance in the short story in an bleak environment. This has foreshadowing ties to later on the story for more violent scenes. Not only did Poe write about dark and dull scenes but he also portrayed violence in his writings in both “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “Black Cat”. Poe was able to portray violence/ macabre in his writings in the “House Of Usher” and “Black Cat” to convey gothic literature. “There was blood upon her white, robes and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame” (Poe House of Usher 309). It is a violent scene due to Madeline struggling to get out of her coffin. Also this scene able to give a good visual to the reader due to portraying the blood.It is very visual and giving Madeline blood all over her clothes which is a symbol for violence. The “Black Cat” also portrayed violent/ macabre scenes, “She fell dead upon the spot, without a groan” (Poe Black Cat 6).This scene the speaker just killed his wife and is describing the scene of her death. Very violent due to the speaker going absolutely insane and killing his wife. Poe uses these quotes to portray gothic elements: “The gothic style, which has the following elements, appealed to Edgar Allan Poe dark view of the world using macabre or violent incidents” (Prentice Hall 291). The textbook talks about poe using gothic style in his writing and he used violence/ macabre as one of his gothic elements in both “Black Cat” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. Poe uses disturbing mood for the reader to portray gothic elements such as Bleak/remote settings and violent scenes in his works of “Black Cat”, and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. Poe has revolutionized writing using his disturbing scenes to keep on the readers wanting to keep turning the pages.