Why do people read Edgar Allen Poe? Because they like to be scared. Poe does a magnificent job creating terror in his stories. The prevailing themes are presented in Poe's works through mood, character, fate, and mental disturbances, and these four topics frighten many people. First off, this essay will state why people are scared after reading Poe's stories and poems because of his characteristics corresponding to the main character or narrator. Following that, this …showed first 75 words of 1115 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1115 total…exactly how an insane man would think, and that is another reason why people love to read his stories and poems. They are interested if that is really how someone with a mentally unstable mind would think. Poe's ideas on how to get rid of a body really disgust some people, but they still come back for more. Edgar Allen Poe will continue to be a favourite in the classroom and out of the classroom.