Poe’s Life:
- the women he loved died of tuberculosis
- married 13 yr old cousin, Virginia
- died from rabies
- gothic writer = dark, sad, depressing, violent
“Annabel Lee”
- live in a kingdom by the sea
- AL and speaker cannot be separated even in death
- AL dies from a cold wind sent by the angels
- Angels killed her bc they were jealous of their love and happiness
“The Tell-Tale Heart”
- a madman (although he says he’s not) kills and old man
- hates his eye and wants it gone
- confesses to cops after going insane
- hears heartbeat thinks it is the old man’s BUT it is his own racing heart OR guilt
“The Pit and the Pendulum”
- in a torture dungeon bc he was accused of being a heretic (against the church)
- faces physical and psychological torture with the scythe, the rats, the pit, the burning walls
- French saved him
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