The Mysterious World of Edgar Allan Poe
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling at once five balls in the air. Let's name them - work, family, friends, health and spirit. You are keeping all of them in the air. You are trembling like an aspen leaf because it's unbearably difficult to strive the right balance. Quite soon you will understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other 4 balls are made of glass. If you drop one of them, they will be irrevocably scuffed, damaged and shattered. They will never be the same. Edgar Allan Poe - a prominent American writer and a tremendously popular creator of a new literary genre - a horror story- played the same breathtaking game juggling 5 balls in the air and... he failed. He was defeated, conquered by his own self. He dropped all the balls except the rubber one- his last refuge that made him live and pave the way for his incontestable genius.
Being greatly impressed by the talent of this literary virtuoso, I have chosen for my project his short story "The Masque of the Red Death".
Well, this is the most appropriate metaphore ever made up about his personality and the way of living. But one should understand that this was due to fate that he dropped all the balls, I mean there was no other choice left for him, and the rubber one became his last refuge, as you've mentioned, and actually turned his whole life.
ОтветитьУдалитьHey, girl) You chose the same story as I did) Great job! We can read it together =)
ОтветитьУдалитьI believe that it'll give us a kick! The world of mystery will brighten up our "tragic" life)
Enjoy reading!