... painter." (292) The book describes the painter, an eccentric obsessed with his art of painting and worships it more than anything even more than his beloved wife. One day the painter asks his wife to pose for him in order to portray her beautiful face. She immediately obeys out of love for her ... " in Poe himself later strengthened by the evidences in his writing as his portrayal of other women as evil and not having the ideality of his beloved mother. Moreover it can also refer to Madonna/whore complex defining anyone like your mother in manners as a Madonna, holy figure and at least ...

• Word Count: 3098
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate