The life of Edgar Allan Poe and its reflection in the characters of "Ligeia"Edgar Allan Poe spent a large part of his life coping to family loss and death, that it is no wonder that his poetry and stories absorbed these experiences. His writings reflect what he experienced in his life through plots, settings and especially supernatural and exaggerated characters. The tone of his writings is known to be dark and disturbing and often had a recurring theme of death. He also often wrote about love, but they were not usually happy stories. His personal experience of love, both familial and romantic, often ended in death and drug addiction. The effects of his life seem particularly present in the characters of his story “Ligeia”. Each of the three characters contains a reflection of their life, both positive and negative. Trying to understand the characters and their roles in the stories can bring out many connections and similarities in Poe's personal life that would otherwise go unnoticed. At first glance, the narrator, Ligeia, and Rowena aren't particularly complex characters, but when you compare them to characters from Poe's past, they become much more than just their face value. Knowing the basics of Poe's journey is essential to learning more. about its characters and stories. Much of his work comes from his own life experiences. Edgar Allan Poe was born to Eliza and David Poe Jr. in Boston in 1809. Even as a child, Poe faced poverty, illness, and other hardships. His parents were both actors and frequently moved Poe and his two siblings for work. David Poe Jr. was a known alcoholic. Before Poe was a year old, his father had abandoned the family. His estranged father and mother both died before... middle of paper... from which they could potentially benefit. In this case, the narrator must endure the marriage he does not want in order to find the lost love he so desperately missed. It is possible that this reflects the isolation Poe felt when he was forced to be among people who did not accept or appreciate him. The people in his life he should have looked up to by society's standards were the ones who usually hurt him. During his life, he was abandoned by his father, he was disinherited from the family that raised him, he struggled with authority, and many considered him a drunkard. Rowena would be an interesting visual for the general feeling of coldness and withdrawal he felt when isolated, either by the deaths of those close to him or by the need to be part of a society he didn't fit into. not..