Part one of term paper
The life of Poe is the most melodramatic of any of the major American writers of his generation. In Poe's poems, like his tales, his characters are tortured by nameless fears and longings. In both form and content Poe's early poetry is typically Romantic although of an unusually limited range. Today Poe is acclaimed as one of America's gr ...

Part two of term paper
... (the main character) that had a limited toleration for alcohol. Poe's body could not tolerate alcohol, and only a small amount made him at first intoxicated and later ill. Hop Frog, the name of the character, showed also his reaction in the story when submitted to "sip the juice" - he would make a sour face and begin thinking madly. Because of one sip, one normally would not become unstable. Yet with this condition of the character and with the same condition associated with the author, this re ...