Edgar Allen Poe Depression

Introduction

Depressing and difficult, Edgar Allen Poe lives is evident in almost all his works. He suffered the loss of many loved ones as a child. Although it is not diagnosable at the time, Poe, it may well be carried out psychological disorders such as bipolar depression or mania. His mental condition, when coupled with the many deaths of loved ones and the lack of an adequate number of parents forced him to a sense of extreme social isolation, periods of fear and paranoia and depression. His short stories and poems, moreover, are unusually dark and gloomy prospects. Poe in the struggle with isolation, death, alcoholism, depression, and are reflected in almost all his short stories.

Analysis

In its literature, The Raven, in casks of amontillado and the Black Cat, Edgar Allen Poe reveals the physiological state of many of his characters through the use of symbols. In the poem, The Raven, Poe uses a lot of characters, including crows and phrases midnight dreary, gloomy December night, and the bank, to identify the narrator in a state of depression. In the barrels of amontillado irony of fate and identity of the names and costumes. Physiological state of the two central characters is displayed through the character Montresor coat of arms, motto, and amontillado. In the third stories, black cat, narrator state of mind is portrayed through female characters, her eyes and white fur, and the wall (Woodberry, pp 45-89).

In the poem The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe uses many symbols to help illustrate the physiological collapse of the narrator in a rational way, in connection with the death of his wife, Lenore. Poe a lot of symbols that express that the narrator is a significant transitional period in his life. The period relates to his struggle between depression and normal life (Scarlett, pp 360-374). One example, when the narrator begins the poem, stating when, after midnight dreary. The word reflects a shift from midnight of the day and night which helps to symbolize the dilemma of his depression as compared to a normal life. The word dreary emphasizes his sense of hopeless depression(Hoeveler, pp 385-96). In addition, Poe uses other subtle references to depict a state of mind. Some of them include references to the dark December and Night Beach. Bleak represents the darkest and the final month of the year preceding the new start. In addition, night-shore symbolizes its ...