Poe and Lovecraft: The horrors behind
There are some that may have seen the obvious similarities of Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft and thought they were the same, but this is untrue. Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft were troubled to say the least, but for very different reasons that affected their writing as such. Poe suffered from depression and found solace in alcohol. H.P. Lovecraft was very unstable and suffered a few breakdowns before he found any sort of recognition. Although, Lovecraft was heavily influenced by Poe, the content in his stories were drastically different. Poe focused primarily on death, loss, and lost love, whereas Lovecraft introduced a variety of new supernatural beings that brought out our greatest fears and his, of
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As just a baby, Lovecraft’s father was sent to a mental hospital and died because of untreated syphilis. He was left with just his mother to raise him. As a young child, Lovecraft was constantly sick and spent many of his school years at home reading Edgar Allan Poe and anything about astronomy. He attended Hope High School, but did not finish, because of a mental breakdown. He became a hermit for almost a decade, publishing some stories in astronomy magazines. Although, it wouldn’t be until 1917 that his writing style really protruded. He had his first fiction pieces published in a horror magazine in 1923, and had his first breakthrough as a writer. He married just a year after and moved to New York City, where he lived for two years before he divorced and moved back to Rhode Island. This is where he published his first major story “The Call of Cthulhu” in 1928. He published many short stories afterword, but none that gained such traction like Cthulhu. The following years, he didn’t have much luck, in terms of getting more recognition as a writer. He continued to publish short stories and ghost write, but eventually died of cancer in
You can use a compare and contrast format to figure out the similarities and differences between these two classic American authors. Edgar Allan Poe, born Jan 19 1809, was better at writing suspenseful stories, usually with a twist at the end. In the story, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, Poe describes an unnamed narrator telling the story of a man who was put in prison, drugged, and sentenced to death by a very sharp scythe like pendulum, but when the man sees food and rats he puts the food on the strap that is holding him down and then the rats chew through the strap, releasing the man and giving him another chance of life.
Isn’t it strange how two authors can be alike in so many ways but can be very different from each other? In my paper you will see similarities and differences about two well-known writers: Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. There are many similarities in both men's work. The most noticeable similarity is the genre of their stories.
The first topic to be discussed will be the similarities between the two tales. In both of the stories the murderers knew the men that they killed. Also, in both stories the murderers hid the body of the victim. An important factor in a tale about murder, is that the killer has a motive to commit the crime. There are plenty of similarities between Poe’s stories, just as well, there are many differences between the tales also.
Lovecraft, H.P.. “The Beast in the Cave.” The Transition of H.P. Lovecraft: The Road to
Poe Many authors have made great contributions to the world of literature. Mark Twain introduced Americans to life on the Mississippi. Thomas Hardy wrote on his pessimistic views of the Victorian Age. Another author that influenced literature is Edgar Allan Poe.
When a hero dies it is always sad, but when a hero dies for the betterment of his country, it isn't always, that is what sets Macbeth and Edgar Allan Poe apart. Macbeth, a character created by the famed William Shakespeare for the play The Tragedy Of Macbeth, is the thane of Glamis and Cawdor during the 1600s in Scotland. Edgar Allan Poe, on the other hand, was not created by a poet but infact was one himself. While Macbeth and Poe had very different upbringings, they both did great things in their lives to benefit society but also committed immoral deeds which ultimately led them to their tragic deaths. Both men rising to acknowledgement later in life, they started to commit their deeds after slight recognition of their talent. These deeds, Macbeth’s being the murder of his king and Poe’s being his addictions,
Death, despair, and revenge, these three words form a treacherous triangle to any reader who dare enter the mind of Edgar Allen Poe. In many of his works these expressions seem to form a reoccurring theme. Comparing the works "The Mask of the Red Death" and "The Cask of Amontillado", we will discuss these themes while analyzing the method behind Poe’s madness.
The life of Edgar Allan Poe, was stuffed with tragedies that all affected his art. From the very start of his writing career, he adored writing poems for the ladies in his life. When he reached adulthood and came to the realization of how harsh life could be, his writing grew to be darker and more disturbing, possibly as a result of his intense experimenting with opium and alcohol. His stories continue to be some of the most frightening stories ever composed, because of this, some have considered this to be the reason behind these themes. Many historians and literature enthusiasts have presumed his volatile love life as the source while others have credited it to his substance abuse. The influence of his one-of-a-kind writing is more than likely a combination of both theories; but the main factor is the death of many of his loved ones and the abuse which he endured. This, not surprisingly, darkened his perspective considerably.
Edgar Allan Poe has a unique writing style that uses several different elements of literary structure. He uses intrigue vocabulary, repetition, and imagery to better capture the reader’s attention and place them in the story. Edgar Allan Poe’s style is dark, and his is mysterious style of writing appeals to emotion and drama. What might be Poe’s greatest fictitious stories are gothic tend to have the same recurring theme of either death, lost love, or both. His choice of word draws the reader in to engage them to understand the author’s message more clearly. Authors who have a vague short lexicon tend to not engage the reader as much.
They’re very similar to each other, they have a mystique about them, both thrilling and creative, that captivates the reader. Reading Poe’s works will put you on edge, reading of gothic manners and large victorian columns, vampire-like creatures in the dark. Or, stay captivated while reading Cortazar’s stories that will make create questions about what is real and what isn’t, and leave readers craving an extension of the tale.
The similarities and differences between Poe and Hawthorne both show a dynamic and intriguing method that has lasted through the times. They both show an inner personal look through their writing about their loved ones. The dynamic writing between both writers depict the idea that no matter how morbid the writing love can shine through any view. With both writers there is a vision of morbid curiosity along with a romantic nature for the audience; by depicting death of a loved one to show a sense of connection with the audience. Although both are gothic romantic writers you can easily see that both have a different sense of life and death, and to which one holds more value.
Robert Frost and Edgar Allen Poe two amazing poets, who created many well written poems, for instance “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening”, by Robert Frost and “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe. These two poems have many differences and similarities between them. A big difference between Frost and Poe is there back ground but this is also a similarity, how they took their real life situations and turned them into poetry. Then, their life situations made their tone in “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “The Raven” completely different. But in these two poems there is a meaning behind them and the meanings are similar. Finally, a difference and similarity
Edgar Allen Poe has written numerous stories throughout his life time. Some of these stories shared some major ideas in them. The stories shared a tones, moods and most importantly different themes. For instance, the two stories; The Tell-Tale Heart and The Masque of the Red Death. These two stories are connected by the eerie mood that is created by Poe and the themes that he puts into the stories. For example in both stories a theme of time is seen to make a large contribution in them. Time is constantly being mentioned in the two stories. As for another theme that connects the two stories and leads to similarities is the different versions of reality presented in the stories.
...s, and demons. Upon a deeper inspection, I feel the two poems are reflective of Poe himself. Poe was a troubled soul that dealt with these themes during the course of his life. This could be an indication as to why the dark themes is so prevalent in these poems. Regardless of the reason for the similarities, much like the darkness that surrounded Poe’s life, the connected correlations of these poems will persist evermore.
There is one known very influential writing style called Gothic Literature. It is not only considered to involve the horror or gothic element but is combined with romance, superstition, women in distress, omens, portents, vision and supernatural events to name a few (Beesly). The history and beginning of this era is not well known. From a few writers came this writing style that has impacted the world. A famous artists known for this type of writing is a man named Edgar Allan Poe. He wrote many short stories and poems that include horror, gothic, and romance just mentioned.