This
paper is a biography of the great poet Edgar Allan
poe. The author discusses some of his best work and examines the way his
life impacted his writing. From the paper: "Some people always look at the bad side of things instead of the good side. This is called
pessimism. Edgar Allan Poe could be recognized as the king of pessimism. He is known for his tales of the mysterious and macabre. His dark and twisted works are filled with pessimism. Poe was a person who had faced many troubling experiences throughout his life. To escape from his saddened world, Poe drank and wrote short stories and poems with a
pessimistic outlook."