Edgar Allen Poe


 * "Friend" is the one who gave Poe creepy image posthumously
 * Father abandoned him and mother died all before age of 3
 * Was taken in
 * "The Raven"
 * Poem about the love of his life
 * Death is reality, uncomfortable
 * Symbolism
 * Raven - death, Lenore, call's Raven a "prophet"
 * Cushions are purple - Lenore's rising status from Earth to Heaven, (purple = royalty)
 * Die and get to be with Lenore