His View on Death?

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What was his view on death?

-- Anonymous, February 09, 2004

Answers

Honestly, I believe Poe feared death. He wrote about death as his main motif- but in reality, it was always death connected with a living person trying to live with their death (usually a beautiful woman had to do die).

I think he feared it so much was becuase every women he loved died so young and while they were beautiful.

-- Anonymous, February 09, 2004


Actually, I'm in total disagreance with the previous answer. I believe that as much as anyone says he was scared of death, he wasn't. Poe had a different view of things yes, and perhaps he was scared at times, but for the most part Poe had a good life. And for the loss of lovers, I don't agree that that is true. If you do your research, you will find that the names of the females he counts as loss are simply symbols of things in his life that he is letting go of, or moving on from. For example, the Raven. Do you know who Lenor really is?

-- Anonymous, February 12, 2004

Actually, I'm in total disagreance with the previous answer. I believe that as much as anyone says he was scared of death, he wasn't. Poe had a different view of things yes, and perhaps he was scared at times, but for the most part Poe had a good life. And for the loss of lovers, I don't agree that that is true. If you do your research, you will find that the names of the females he counts as loss are simply symbols of things in his life that he is letting go of, or moving on from. For example, the Raven. Do you know who Lenor really is? Back to the topic, I've heard many things, although I dont know whats true or not. I've heard that he was about to get married for the second time in his life and the brothers of the bride to be decided he wasn't good enough for her and killed him. I also read recently that he was a diabetic and died in a diabetic coma. so as you can see no one really knows. When Poe's body was dug up a couple of years or so ago, the scientists tried again to discover what killed Poe, but he was laid to rest again with his death still remaining a mystery. Sorry if this isn't much help for you but thats all i have!

-- Anonymous, February 12, 2004

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