Poes Pain and Suffering
The Raven, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Pit and the Pendulum are all stories where the soul of the narrator will often become a focus of pain and suffering. The infamous, more commonly known as a poet, Edgar Allen Poe, shows he is a renounced writer who focuses his talent toward intense morbid tales that engulf the mind in a mental torture. With his reference to the soul in his pieces, Poe had a different mindset that could captivate many in a strange way.
Thy God hath lent theeby these angels he hath sent thee respiteRespite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore. In The Raven the narrator speaks this line to a raven that has come to him for no apparent reason. The narrator is dealing with a recent loss, his love Lenore, and is internally suffering. How I understood the quote was the character is feeling so confused because he believe that this bird was sent to him as a sign from God or Lenore, but the only word the Raven will respond back with is the word nothing. The character so confused with mindless torture starts to shout at the bird not knowing what to do. You may find yourself starting to sympathy for the narrator because you see his pain and suffering.
The scarlet stains upon the body, and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow men. In the beginning of The Masque of the Red Death this quote explains how members that had caught the red death were treated. Poe wrote this story from a personal experience viewpoint. The plague which referred to as the Red Death represented tuberculosis which his dear mother, foster mother, and wife died from. The Red Death had a way of making its patients suffer and endure physical pain. In this story I believe that Poe tried to get his point across that no one can beat, cheat, or over come death and it is truly expressed in this story.
Dreading to find my faint, and, as it seemed, my last hope frustrated, I so far elevated my head as to obtain a distinct view of my breast. The final story I read by Edgar Allen Poe was The Pit and the Pendulum. This story really showed a narrator who endured lots of pain and suffering. When the narrator is thinking this quote he is in an empty dungeon-like room tied to a stone table. Besides him being uncomfortable he also has a swinging blade above his head slowly drawing closer to his tied down body. The narrator really starts to feel guilty for many things and this soon starts to take over his mind. Weaving in and out of consciousness the narrator really starts to suffer from the mindset he is in. With the character feeling both pain and suffering in emotional and physical ways; I believe this story to bring the most torture to the soul.
Shown above is substantial proof that Mr. Poe indeed focused on pain and suffering for his narrators. He let the man go mad with only a one word response in The Raven. In The Masque of the Red Death Edgar shows readers how he suffered from those close to him dying of tuberculosis. Also in The Pit and the Pendulum readers really can grasp the idea of a slow and guilty torture. I enjoyed Poes unique captivating tales.arent you curious?
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