A Shift in the Balance of Good and Evil Reveals the Dark Side of Man. Edgar Allan Poe is considered by many to be one of the greatest short story writers. Many of Poe's stories deal with evil triumphing over good. Poe creates characters that allow the readers to see into the dark side of the human psyche. This is especially true in three of Poe's short stories. Poe had an incredible insight into the …showed first 75 words of 1866 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1866 total…side of man is released. No one can really understand why evil runs rampant throughout society. Poe does an excellent job on examining this fact on a psychological level. The human psyche is very hard to understand, but through examining Poe's works the reader can get closer to possibly understanding the dark side of man. Perhaps there is no reason to try to understand evil because the causes of human conduct defy intellectual scrutiny (Gargano, 325).