ce -- A Fable by Edgar Allan Poe
Reader view
The landscape represents chaos
blood-red sun, saffron-colored, pulsating river, rain that turns to blood, poisonous flowers
Never silence or stillness
The man is drawn to chaos, sitting on a rock that reads "Desolation", facing a horrifying scene
Only when chaos is completely removed does he find himself unnerved, terrified of the nothingness around him
Humans have an affinity for chaos
The Demon is also a symbol for chaos
The lynx sitting at his feet, staring into his eyes while he laughs is a parallel with the man staring out into the landscape with the chaos
This animal, which represents nature, sits at the feet of chaos. Nature in and of itself is chaotic
Without chaos, there is nothing. We are afraid of this silence
