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EDGAR ALLAN POE1809 - 1849Quoth the Raven, NevermoreEdgar Allan Poe sinfulnessDark what is dark? It is defined in the dictionary as Darkadj 1.Being without imperfect or without much light. 2. Not a light in warp 3.Gloomy. 4. Being without knowledge and culture 5.Secretive darklyadv Dark-ness n.dark2n 1.Absance of light Darkness esp. night 2. A dark or deep colour in the dark 1. In secrecy. 2. In ignorance.Dark is a major part of Edgar Allan Poes work. exact for example The Pit and the Pendulum The main character is locked in a support with no light to see his surroundings. I quickly unclosed my eyes. My worst thoughts, then, were confirmed. The lightlessness of eternal night encompassed me.(Edgar Allan Poe, story and structure Canadian edition, The Pit and the Pendulum pg.357 decipher 33.) Take also for example The Mask of the Red Death. The one-seventh room was b overlook. But in the western or black bedroom the effect of the fire light that streamed upon the dark hang ings through the blood tinted panes, was sepulchral and extreme It was in this apartment, also, that there stood against the west wall a great clock of ebony. These are just examples of literally darkness with no light. on that point is also the literary darkness Like in the Tell rehearsal Heart, the man murders his employer He shrieked once once only. In an n instance I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heave bed oer him... the sexagenarian man was deadI took for the concealment of the body. The night warned, and I walked hastily, that in silence , first as I dismembered the corps. I kink off the head and the legs and the arms. The Raven the man is mourning over the lost love Lanor. When a raven comes only to torment his already tired soul. With those words of pain Never More. On this al-Qaida by horror haunted tell me truly I pray is there is there balm in Gilead? tell me tell me I implore Quoth the raven never moreIn conclusion it is tell that the greate st writer either write about sex or death and Edgar Allan Poe is one of the greatly misunderstood writers of our day due to the lack of information on him and his life.