This dynamic stems from Poe’s unresolved difficulties with his own parents and implies the complexity of the relationship between a mother and son. Through the characterization of Ligeia and Rowena, Poe depicts a loving, interesting mother and an uninvolved, careless mother. Poe uses themes of obsessions and jouvenial word repetition in reference to the narrator to emphasize the women’s roles as motherly figures. Although the story does not involve a mother and son relationship, Poe creates a mother-and-child-like relationship between the narrator and both his wives. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “Ligeia,” Poe creates a form of the Oedipus complex between the narrator and his wives. This tragic life lead Poe to have a strong craving for motherly love which can be seen in his literary works (Jones 446). At a very young age Poe lost his mother, and while still in his youth, Poe’s foster mother died. Edgar Allan Poe led a tumultuous life filled with loss.
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