For example, in the "Pit and the Pendulum", the setting is originally pitch black. ... When he was a very young boy (being raised by his birth mother who was an actress, which was not an upperclass or highly approved job like it is today)he would sit in the very front row and watch his mother play the role of juliet in Shakespear's Romeo and juliet. ...
He was left with his pregnant mother who was an actress. ... In "The Black Cat" the father/husband, represented John Allen. ... While in most of his stories death was dragged out or overly considered, some of his stories were written only about death or murder, "The Tell Tale Heart", "The Black Cat", "The Pit and the Pendulum", and "The Premature Burial". ...
Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston. His mother was Elizabeth Arnold Poe, an actress who had also been a leading lady in society. His father was David Poe, Jr., an actor who pursued a less succuessful career ruined by his drinking problems. Around Edgar's second birthday, his f...
