Edgar Allan Poe was arguably one of the best writers in his day. He was definitely one of the best writers that ever used the gothic style. He was also one of the first writers to popularize this absurd or even horrifying writing style. This style developed from his hardship-filled life. These hardships came in various forms, but mainly came in the form of death and he just had a hard life in general. These …showed first 75 words of 1478 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1478 total…every person he ever really got emotionally close to ended up dying. One person even said, "Edgar Poe, whatever he was, must have caused suffering in those who loved him" (Alexander 194). Generally the suffering came in the form of death. He even had a hard time in school even though he was a very bright student. But it must have been his fate to live an unhappy life, for that is exactly what he did.