Edgar Allan Poe Morality

Edgar Allan Poe was an author who wrote of gruesome, horrific things. Born in 1809, Poe was left early in life by his father, and soon after his mother passed away leaving him orphaned. After his unfortunate start in life, he was taken in by John and Virginia Allan who were quite wealthy due to their tobacco company. From an early age, Poe was an exceptional poet, but was not supported by his family. Money became an issue, which drove Poe away from the Allan’s, who left him with nothing after his death. Poe was known as “The Father of the Detective Story” due to his ability to write of gothic, mysterious things. During this time of literature, it is said that Poe was “far ahead of his time.” Though his works were controversial and did not sell during his
I believe he is correct in his tale that no one, even those who prosper in life, can bypass death. And such as the rooms, I agree to the stages of life, that we are born, that we grow, live, and die within our own time. Never has there been a documentation of someone who has never died. Also, everyone is born and everyone receives death, and no matter the time in which takes place between the two, you have lived. Not only so, where Poe finds the name “Red Death” is historically correct. It refers to the Bubonic Plague in which took the lives of many. This is where I find my reasoning to Poe’s ideas behind “The Mask of the Red Death.” H. H. Bell Jr. described the work as “nothing more than another of Poe’s numerous explorations of death, then there is little that may be said about its meaning other than it is a rather good example of grim and ironic humor.” Though we do not agree that there is more to the tale than death and ironic humor, we both agree to the fact of which Poe’s allegorical overtones give the story deeper meaning. “The story becomes more interesting, as well as broader in scope, when one concentrates on these allegorical