Edgar Allan Poe, the founder of detective stories, the master of manipulating the issue of death, and whose tales are filled with all kinds of symbols, allegories that conveys the author¡¦s concepts about life. He his equipped with thoughtful, cautious analysis ability, and sufficient imagination. Poe was born in 1809. In his personal life, he had had many encounters with death, starting with the death of his biological mother, adoptive mother, and ending with the …showed first 75 words of 2077 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2077 total…Poe is punished for not having dared to seek and rewin his babyhood mother, Annabel Lee¡KHe is also punished for his sadism, as shown in the way Usher treated his sister. Finally, Usher-Poe is punished for his infantile incestuous wishes toward his mother, as witness all the quotations form the Mad Trist¡Kthe dragon, symbol of the father, John Allan, is killed and the mother set free to belong to the victorious son(Poe)¡¨(192).