" why should you read macbeth? "

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There’s a play so powerful that an old superstition says its name should never be uttered in a theater.

A play that begins with witchcraft and ends with a bloody, severed head. A play filled with riddles, prophecies, nightmare visions, and lots of brutal murder.

But is it really all that good? Brendan Pelsue explains why you should read (or revisit) "Macbeth."

The prisoner strapped under a descending pendulum blade. A raven who refuses to leave the narrator’s chamber. A beating heart buried under the floorboards.

Poe’s macabre and innovative stories of gothic horror have left a timeless mark on literature. But just what is it that makes Edgar Allan Poe one of the greatest American authors? Scott Peeples investigates.

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" why should you read Edgar Allan Poe? "