Part one of term paper
"I had but escaped death in one form of agony, to be delivered unto worse than death in some other." Tormented throughout his life by painful loss, bitterness, and depression, Edgar Allan Poe found escspe in writing stories and poems, in which he portrayed haunted lives even darker than his own. There were differences in views on religion, ...

Part two of term paper
... was waiting for humans to make mistakes so he could punish them. Edgar Allan Poe also thought that humans were a destructive force, and they would mess up nature. Poe also had extremly Anti-Transcendentalist philosophical views. When he examined the human nature he found evil, darkness and greed,a nd felt that all humans were naturally bad. He illustrates this in many of his stories and poems, like "The Pit and the Pendulum," and "The Raven," by showing the psychological effects of terror, evil ...