Question 2:
Edgar Allen Poe lived a life filled with obsticles. Some of his few struggles he dealt with were in his toddler years, his mother died and his father left him leaving him as an orphan. He was then adopted by a family, John and Frances Allen, but never really felt accepted, he knew and felt he was adopted. All of these experiences made his have a different lifestyle, he never experiences true family love or relationships which made him find these emotions in other places.
His lifestyle contributed in his dark tone in a "Tell Tale-Heart." This poem had a lot of death incorporated and instead of making Poe feel uncomfortable or afraid it made him feel comfortable since he grew up dealing with death of close ones in his life.
Question 4:
After reading the critical article on Tell Tale-Heart I noticed my opinion I had on the poem had changed. There was somethings I agreed with in this article and some things that I disagreed with, for example it was discussed that they believe that the narrator of the poem is bipolar and I agree, being bipolar you have no control over your emotions and how you express them and I believe that that was the case in this poem. However I dont agree with the sexual reference to the poem. "Oh, you would have laughed how cunningly I thrust it in." The author tried to tie it in together as this being sexual but I dont think it necessarly has a sexual meaning.
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I also think the passage contains no sexual reference. I think that particular quote totally took away from the real concept of what the story was really about. I think he intentionally killed the man, because it states that he didnt like looking at the mans eye, and that it was horrifying. It also says that he kills the man with pride only to concede to his horrific crime. I think bipolar has to do with acting out in any form of action without realizing your doing it. Its uncontrollable. I do believe about the struggles in his life he had no family structure, which I think lead to substance abuse. He used such dark expressions in his writing because of the true emotions he felt throughout his life. He relates to the dark style of writing. I found this particular passage to be very strange. I really enjoyed ready your passage, and seeing your opinions about this story. Great job!
ReplyDeleteBut could that be an excuse? His eye couldn't be why he killed the man. But then again, it is Edgar Allen Poe. He's like our Tim Burton for his time period.
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