Teacher Reviews

Excderpt: "The Black Cat", "The Raven", "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Haunted Palace" may sound like Halloween party themes, and maybe, at times, they are. But they are more commonly associated with Edgar Allan Poe, the prolific poet and Romantic era author who made the short story famous. If Poe were alive today, he could have easily been nominated for a horror movie award. His work brings fear-infested emotions to the forefront and creates creepy images in the mind of the reader. With his literary themes revolving around death, insanity, and mystery, Poe's writings give readers the opportunity to explore the twisted mind through metaphor, description, character, and other literary devices