Edgar Allan Poe  The Master of the Macabre, Poe was the main writer in the gothic movement  Male narrators are often insane, female characters are often dead (or dying)  Plots include murder, torture, ghosts  The Master of the Macabre, Poe was the main writer in the gothic movement  Male narrators are often insane, female characters are often dead (or dying)  Plots include murder, torture, ghosts