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