Why should Edgar Allan Poe be taught in the 11th grade curriculum? There are many opinions you could express. In this essay, I will reflect on Poe's dark and mysterious works, his personal perseverance, his advanced vocabulary, the struggles he faced, and why he is such an inspiration. Poe's works have been in print since 1827 and are identified through many stories, such as "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Untimely Burial", "The Raven" and many other dark works. He is a source of inspiration for writers and people who express themselves in dark and mysterious ways. Poe was an interesting man, he wrote some very unusual plays such as "Annabel Lee" which is about his cousin Virginia who he married and who later died of tuberculosis. Although we may think this is strange now, at the time it was relatively normal. “The Fall of the House of Usher” is about an incestuous family who had twins bonded to the house, and when they died, the house fell apart. “The Tell-Tale Heart” showed a neighbor distraught and frightened by the eyes of an old man; he killed the man and put his heart under the floorboards. Many people may say that Poe is inappropriate, but doesn't the Bible also contain inappropriate things? When you read his works, you say to yourself, “He must have been in a very dark period of his life to write this. ", well, he was. Instead of turning all these horrible moments into negatives, he turned them into positives with poems and short stories. With its use of advanced vocabulary and details, you need to be somewhat mature and dig deep to discover the true meanings and understand them completely. It challenges you to delve into deeper things. As you read the poems, the medium works, but the biography had the opposite effect and pushed sales of Poe's books to a higher level than they had ever been in Poe's lifetime. author. The image of Poe created by Griswold that made Poe the legend that still lives today. Even after all these things happened in Poe's life, he still persevered through it all! He still managed to succeed in everything he did. Why wouldn't someone of his nature and character be a source of inspiration? Others may say, “He was an alcoholic and a gambler, why on earth would you be inspired by him?” It's not about what he's done in the past, we all have shady pasts. It is important to see how he changed his life and transformed his sorrows and weaknesses into monumental things. Most people would collapse if this happened to them! Edgar Allan Poe is and will forever be a muse to writers, artists and men.!