Edgar Allan Poe
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| + | The Gephi graph shows several interesting trends worth noting over the course of Poe's life. The first obvious trend is the constant, overarching trends of dead women, often a wife of the narrator. This is a trend that spands his entire career. The first trend to rise and fall is reanimation/illness, a theme present in both Ligeia and Fall of the House of Usher, but which drops off in later years. Another trend, animals, springs up in the middle with The Black Cat and The Raven. Several stories in the middle years include themes of dark imagery and murder, often including a dark corridor as a setting. The graph gives a good look at how these trends connect over time. | ||
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