Literary LegendsLiterature has played an important role in the way we perceive the world and it can affect the way we think about things. Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain are two of the most influential authors our world has ever known. Their descriptiveness and diction have had a huge impact on their readers for centuries. Poe's gothic writing style was very captivating and suspenseful; it made you want to know what was going to happen next. While Mark Twain was a very humorous author who intended to amuse everyone who read. The descriptiveness incorporated by these world-renowned authors is tremendous. Edgar Allan Poe mainly wrote stories dealing with Gothic literature; the stories were often quite bleak. Poe had a very sad view of the world and he expressed it through his literary works. His goal was to leave an impression with every detail he included in his stories. Although Poe's stories seem very miserable and dull, they all convey a certain idea. One of Poe's trademarks is his use of very long and complex sentences. For example, in his work The Fall of the House of Usher, Poe tried to make every detail as relevant as possible by incorporating a wide variety of emotions. In the third paragraph, on page two hundred and ninety-seven, Poe writes: "Dim gleams of embodied light made their way through the latticed panes and served to render sufficiently distinct the most prominent objects around …” This sentence illustrates descriptiveness and complexity. what the works of Edgar Allan Poe consisted of. Poe's tormented knowledge caused him to use very dark diction throughout his writing. Edgar Allan Poe's use of symbols and the way he conveyed his writings...... middle of paper ......nfortunate events, Mark Twain became very bitter, cynical and lonely from the outside world. The gothic writing style of Edgar Allan Poe and the humorous, realistic tone of Mark Twain played an important role in why literature is the way it is today. The impact that these two individuals have had on our society has shaped our world to be a better and more fascinating place. They introduced us to new writing concepts as well as complex ways of communicating their ideas with their audiences. Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic writing style established a whole new view of how literature was perceived and captured the attention of readers around the world. Mark Twain had a very light-hearted approach when writing his humorous masterpieces. These authors left a huge impression in the literary world that still prevails today..