Katie-Marie Garcia American Romantics Prof. Cody 05/05/01 Poe’s use of Character Madness Edgar Allan Poe wrote many gothic stories where the narrators have most apparently gone mad. “The Tell-Tale Heart” “MS. Found in a bottle” and “A Descent into the Maelstrom” are some of these stories. In all these stories, the narrator is driven completely mad by something insignificant. Poe makes this point very clear in these stories. Even Poe’s poems are filled with …showed first 75 words of 1235 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1235 total…one would never see the whole purpose of the story to begin with. I believe that Poe is an exceptional writer. I have been reading him since 9th grade and every time I read him I realize more than the time before. Poe is one of the few writers you could read over and over again and not get bored. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Poe, Edgar Allan. Poe-Poetry, Tales, & selected Essays. ed. Library of America College Editions