works reflected his life and showed the type of person in which he really was. Through his

works, it is thought to reveal hidden aspects of his life. Poe suffered a troubled and

abusive upbringing through which he triumphed by becoming one of the greatest writers

Edgar Allan Poe is a name everyone knows. Not many people know about Poe as

a person or how his life affected his works. When reading his works of poetry and short

stories many people think that he had a very vivid imagination. The truth is, Poe based his

works on his own life. From birth to death Poe suffered with Obsessive Compulsive

disorder. Eventually he became an alcoholic. He had severe medical problems that often

caused strange behavior and depression. These problems contributed to many of the

images reflected in his works. Poe is known for his tales of the grotesque and fantasy.

"The theory is ingeniously represented in the case of an imaginary character, and

supported by a skillful use, or abuse, of certain facts of consciousness, revealed in morbid

Poe was born into poverty and was put up for adoption at

in newspapers and entered into various contests. He won small cash prizes here and there

accepted. Some of the writing that got him publicized were " The Tales of the Grotesque

and irrational forces carry the day, he is doomed to madness or death or both"(Zayed

but other than that he was broke. Later Allan died and nothing was left to Poe. After

the goal of becoming an officer hoping to prove to Allan that he could succeed. After two

unconscious forces, the hero finds 'salvation,' but in the opposite case, if it looses control

returning. Poe then enlisted in the Army "under the name of Edgar A. Perry"(Landis).

"The Gold Bug." "He dwelt on the spirit of perverseness"(Rourke 314) which tended to

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