Well-known author and poet, Edgar Allan Poe, was born January 19, 1809, and died October 7, 1849, at age 40. Poe has many different works that vary from dreary short stories to dismal poems. Some may say that his stories were inspired by tragic life events he had went through. Poe’s mother, his wife, and his foster mother, have all passed away from tuberculosis, which could have led to the dark mood and deaths in many of Poe’s stories and poems, which has also led to many of the similarities in all of his writings. “Annabel Lee,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” and “The Fall the House of Usher” are just some of the works where Poe’s writing style is evident.
One similarity that majority of his works seem to have is the setting. In the story, …show more content…
The main character in “Annabel Lee” is the narrator, and the husband of Annabel Lee. He still wants to be with Annabel Lee each night, thoughts he is not there with him in person. “And so, all the night tide, I lie down by the side of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride…” Roderick is similar to the narrator in “Annabel Lee,” because he also wishes to be with his loved one, which happens to be his sister, Madeline. “And in her violent and now final death-agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he anticipated.” Roderick becomes deceased due to the shock he had receives when Madeline “returned from the dead.” He was shaken when he had realized that Madeline had been buried alive. Prince Prospero in “The Masque of the Red Death,” has similarities to Annabel Lee and Roderick as well. Prince Prospero wanted his friends to be safe and when the Red Death appeared Roderick had become furious. “When the eyes of Prince Prospero fell upon this spectral image (which with a slow and solemn movement, as if more fully to sustain its role, stalked to and fro among the waltzers) he was seen to be convulsed, in the first moment with a strong shudder either of terror or distaste; but, in the next, his brow reddened with rage.” Prince Prospero had become livid with the fact that an uninvited guest had appeared. Not only was the current guest uninvited, the Red Death also came to put several of Prince Prospero’s guests and Prince Prospero himself in
One similarity that majority of his works seem to have is the setting. In the story, …show more content…
The main character in “Annabel Lee” is the narrator, and the husband of Annabel Lee. He still wants to be with Annabel Lee each night, thoughts he is not there with him in person. “And so, all the night tide, I lie down by the side of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride…” Roderick is similar to the narrator in “Annabel Lee,” because he also wishes to be with his loved one, which happens to be his sister, Madeline. “And in her violent and now final death-agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he anticipated.” Roderick becomes deceased due to the shock he had receives when Madeline “returned from the dead.” He was shaken when he had realized that Madeline had been buried alive. Prince Prospero in “The Masque of the Red Death,” has similarities to Annabel Lee and Roderick as well. Prince Prospero wanted his friends to be safe and when the Red Death appeared Roderick had become furious. “When the eyes of Prince Prospero fell upon this spectral image (which with a slow and solemn movement, as if more fully to sustain its role, stalked to and fro among the waltzers) he was seen to be convulsed, in the first moment with a strong shudder either of terror or distaste; but, in the next, his brow reddened with rage.” Prince Prospero had become livid with the fact that an uninvited guest had appeared. Not only was the current guest uninvited, the Red Death also came to put several of Prince Prospero’s guests and Prince Prospero himself in