Now dead over one hundred and fifty years, Edgar Allan Poe has left us some of the most chilling horror stories ever written. He did, in fact, provide us with some of the first horror stories the literary world had ever known. Poe worked with the natural world, animals and even with the weather in creating the spine-jarring tales. His most popular stories include "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Tell Tale Heart" and "The Black …showed first 75 words of 1341 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1341 total…with sudden mood swings, which take him from the depths of depression to the heights of ecstasy and the horrors of his actions. We see a man who undoubtedly suffered from severe mental illness, alcoholism, and possibly addiction to other drugs as well. We see a man who seeks retribution for the wrongs that he perceives he has been dealt by society. We are given a vivid view of the Poe that only Poe knew.