Edgar Allen Poe and His Fear of Death

<Tab/>Edgar Allen Poe was a famous writer who shifted the boundaries of fiction stories. In most cases by using fear of death as the theme, but it is possible he used it because that was his fear (Hurley 1). It may have been easier for him to write these stories because he may have been portraying himself in the characters who were trying to escape death though they knew it was impossible.
<Tab/>Edgar Allen Poe had seen people he knew die and his emotions clearly showed in his poems. For example, The Masque of Red Death was written while his wife Virginia was s…