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By Alan De Leon, Esteban Duran, and Nicole Perez

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Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. He was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe became an orphan before the age of three and suffered loss throughout his life such as his parents and his wife. At the end of his life, Poe was an established poet, short story writer, and editor. He died on October 7, 1849, in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Short Stories

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Masque of the Red Death

The Fall of the House of Usher

Poems

The Raven

Lenore

Annabel Lee

The Bells

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A drug addict hates his new wife and can’t forget about Ligeia.

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The tone of this short story is serious yet hazy because of the narrator’s opium addiction. The tone is also loving/passionate for the narrator’s late wife Ligeia, who he grieves for.

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The Raven, a poem also by Poe, is similar to Ligeia in its theme(s) and main ideas.

The common themes in both the Raven and Ligeia are both loss (mortality) and love. The narrator's of these poems/stories have both lost women that they love and they wish for them to come back.

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Poe’s style is described as unique and dark for its recurring themes and the way it appeals to emotions.

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Genre: Short story, Fiction, Romance, and Horror

Combines fiction and horror, death and romance, in a fictional story.

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The setting changes throughout various points in the story. Some settings described are :

An unnamed city near the Rhine River in Germany where the Narrator meets Ligeia - described as large, old, and decaying.

A gloomy abbey in a remote region of England (the countryside) - described as desolate, gloomy, and cold.

The Bridal chamber is a room in the abbey furnished in elaborate furniture, tapestries, wall hangings, and decorations. The bedroom is high in a turret, with a bed that has a canopy. - can be described as jumbled, mysterious, and scary.

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The Narrator -

The narrator of the story, who is unnamed, tells the story of his beloved and dead wife Ligeia. He uses opium to deal with his sadness. He admits to having a bad memory, which along with his drug use, makes his perspective questionable. He wants Ligeia to come back and “loathes” his new wife.

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Ligeia -

Ligeia is the Narrator’s late first wife. She was unconventionally beautiful, her dark eyes and black curly hair set her apart. Ligeia was also intelligent, she had knowledge of science and was a writer. She was described as lively and passionate. However, she was scared of death (reflected in her poem “The Conqueror Worm”). Unfortunately, she dies and triggers the Narrator’s sadness and drug use.

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Lady Rowena Trevanion -

Lady Rowena Trevanion of Tremaine is the second wife to the narrator. She has fair hair and blue eyes. She represents traditional beauty while Ligeia represents a dark and ethereal beauty.  She is shorter than Ligeia and her family is wealthy. She is passive while Ligeia was strong-willed. They are opposites and contrast each other. Rowena and the Narrator’s marriage is loveless and he hates her.

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Mortality/Loss

Death cannot be avoided, but it is also never the end. In Ligeia, there's a small possibility that people can overcome it and return to life. "The Conqueror Worm” reflects this idea. In the end, Ligeia triumphs over death, and comes back to life in Lady Rowena's body.

Drug Addiction

The Narrator is addicted to opium. Drugs can affect perception and one’s reality. Because of this, his point of view of the story can be considered unreliable.

Love and Obsession

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Ligeia is written in first person point of view. The unnamed and unreliable narrator tells us the story of Ligeia. This is effective because you feel the pain and sorrow that the narrator experiences as well as his problems, feelings, and addictions. Poe also expresses the feelings of the narrator by his special way of manipulating words so that the reader is able to perceive how in love and obsessed he is with Ligeia. The reader truly perceives the emotions of the narrator after this. The first person point of view is appropriate for this story because it is easier for the reader to feel as if he is the narrator or in the story.

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Ligeia to go (Poe in 2 minutes, English version)

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The most beautiful thing about ROME AND JULIET is the fact that the love story is over when both lovers are dead. Beautiful? Well, have a look at the alternative... Michael Sommer and his Playmobil cast offer a very short version of this classical horror story.

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A short and simple adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "Ligeia." I do not own the music used. Stock footage clips were gathered for free from www.videezy.com.