Based on that poem, why are the angels envious of Edgar Allen Poe and his love, Annabell Lee? Could they even be envious? Really think on it, and give your interpretation.
2006-10-17 14:00:45 · 4 answers · asked by Jet 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Love is a force stonger than time and the heavens.
2006-10-17 14:27:16 · answer #1 · answered by writetolife 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose your question already affirms the existence of angels, but as a nonbeliever, here is my literary take. Poe could be doing something done many times before. Consider that John Milton is less important than Shakespeare but not by much. His drama, Paradise Lost, turns in fact upon the jealousy of the fallen angels. A very common leitmotif in the Western Canon. More to the first question, Poe is probably saying their love was so great and profound that even higher spiritual beings envied it.
2006-10-18 00:59:23 · answer #2 · answered by will 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
angels could, in theory, be envious because they cannot experience the same kinds of emotions that humans can; they are envious of human experience. whether you think angels can really be envious or not is up to you, but i believe that is the idea; also, that would show the huge amount of happiness that the lovers had to be sharing in order to get the attention and envy of angels.
2006-10-17 22:21:56 · answer #3 · answered by KJC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The poem straight out says that even the angels envied them because they were so happy together. That makes dramatic sense, and sense in human terms, knowing what we know about human nature. It of course assumes angels keep that aspect of their human nature.
2006-10-17 21:23:11 · answer #4 · answered by martino 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋