Edgar Allan Poe, is the author of terrorsome short stories such as: 'The Fall of
the House of Usher,' 'The Masque of the Red Death,' 'The Pit and the Pendulum,' 'The
Tell-Tale Heart,' 'The Black Cat,' 'The Premature Burial,' 'The Imp of the Perverse,'
'The Cask of Amontillado,' and 'Hop-Frog'. Poe earned his place as a major figure in
Literature for his tales of the bizarre and fantastic (Harris 491). The gruesome plots,
suffering protagonists, and Gothic settings stem from Poe's own fears, dreams and
fantasies.
'Poe lived a brief and tragic life: a life whose legend has often proved…
