Week 5 Post # 2

I'm not really sure how to prove the author's importance in this, but I'm going to give it a shot.

Poe’s “The Conqueror Worm” is a short poem about the end of humanity. In his poem he addresses universal issues that humanity faces. He makes allusions to death through the use of a maggot, the worm at the end of the poem. Angels watch a play entitled “Man” knowing full-heartedly that it will end in sorrow. At times we feel all alone in this world despite what religion may say of heavenly creatures watching over us. Sometimes it seems as though the only company we keep are our own problems. We all seek some sort of “phantom” or idea only to end up where we once started. Life is a vicious cycle that we have yet to master, and Poe writes to remind us that Death is the only certainty on which we can all rely.