Poe's fascination with Gothic style is closely related to his experience. He lost his son in his early years, his wife in his middle age and his health was poor. He always feels lonely and desolate inside. The thoughts of his wife and children gave him all kinds of fantasies. The experience of facing death made Poe have a strong fascination with the death and decay of beautiful things. This fascination not only made him often write novels with the theme of death, but also initiated the introduction of poetry and became the pioneer of Gothic poetry.
In the numerous death horror novels of The Crow, Poe used his talent to modify the characters into Gothic style, which made them show sadness, mystery and death. In the novel The Crow, readers can often see creepy scenes, feel mysterious and horrible atmosphere, hear mournful whispers or sobs, and meet neurotic heroes. Around that retro, shabby, mysterious and closed Gothic building, there was an unbreakable night, and the wind raged. The heavy curtains in the room are fluttering in the wind, and the faint lights are flickering and will rest at any time; The door creaked and the wind rattled; The melancholy man is in the house, keeping company with ghosts, dancing with them, and his heart is rough. Even if there is laughter in this room, there is a banquet in Prince Prospero's castle every night under the red mask of death. In Manuscript in a Bottle, I escaped from a shipwreck, hid on a strange ship and observed the lives of a group of sailors every night. In Black Cat, I once liked the black cat Bruto very much, or had the same hobbies and topics as my beloved wife. In the oval portrait, the painter is deeply infatuated with his wife and wants to paint for his bride. In the pit and pendulum, I escaped from the dark pit that the Inquisition intended to kill me, but I had to face the sharp pendulum that would eventually cut my chest. In Lydia, I fell in love with Lydia; However, all happiness is illusory, and only death is the only eternal. In a masked ball, the Red Death attacked Prospero Castle, and all the men and women in the castle were spared. I escaped the shipwreck and fled to a strange ship. I see a group of strange sailors every day, but in the end I sank back to the bottom of the sea with them. I hanged my pet cat myself, but I was haunted by its soul every night. In the revenge of black cat, I killed my wife and was taken away by the police. The painter finally drew the most perfect, vivid and realistic portrait for his wife, but took the life of the bride; I faced the sharp steel knife that approached me again and again, but I couldn't move. Who can save me? Lydia did not die in the end. Who is my next Lydia?
Darkness and death appear repeatedly in Poe's The Raven. Perhaps it was years of grief that dealt a heavy blow to Poe's body and spirit, making him toss and turn in the middle of the night and unable to sleep. Midnight is a time of ghosts and licentiousness, a time of terror and mystery. Poe is facing a family whose world has changed. Although the house is still decorated, people have said goodbye. At this time, all kinds of fantasies and illusions came to the slope. Isn't the deep, melancholy and neurotic man in the novel a portrayal of Poe himself? All kinds of women who have lost their fragrance are not his thoughts about his beloved wife. It's just, Poe, how stupid are you? You try to forget the pain with words, but you don't know that it can only be in vain. The more you write, the more you are eroded by loneliness and sadness. The more you write, the more bound you are by thoughts and mourning. These words cast a round road for you, so that you can never go back and forth on the road of missing your dead wife and get out of this strange circle. Just as the title of this book is Crow, its name is Never Come Again. There will never be a person who loves you so much, will never live with him, will never grow old with him, and will never appear in front of him. ...
Edgar allan poe is a monument of Gothic novels and the creator of horror novels and fantasy novels. He is also the father of detective stories and one of the greatest novelists in the history of American novels.