One of the themes of the story “Ligeia” by Edger Allan Poe is resurrection. In the story the narrator experiences the resurrection of both his wives. At first his first wife dies of a mysterious death and he marries again to a woman that eventually dies of the same illness. While his second wife is dead she begins to revive. She has color return to her face and warmth returns to her body. Unfortunately she dies again and returns to the cold colorless corpse she was. After she goes back to being dead she begins to revive again except this time she had the features of his first wife. Another part of the story that shows resurrection is the part were the narrator sees a red liquid fall into his second wife’s glass. The red liquid could represent the vampire story that a person can become a vampire by drinking another vampire’s blood. With vampire blood being the possible red liquid then his wife could be reviving by turning into a resurrected vampire.
The second theme in the story “Ligeia” by Edger Allan Poe is substance abuse. Throughout the story the narrator is described using opium. Because of his opium use it becomes difficult to know if anything the narrator sees is real. The drop of red liquid going into the cup and the revival of his wives are all things that were real or not. The addiction also seems to cause the narrator to be unable to love his second wife. The opium could also be the cause of his inability to remember trivial details of his first wife. The use of drugs started after the death of his first wife, which is the usual pattern of drug addiction. Drug addiction is a huge part of the story that makes the story more difficult to determine if any of it truly happened.
The second theme in the story “Ligeia” by Edger Allan Poe is substance abuse. Throughout the story the narrator is described using opium. Because of his opium use it becomes difficult to know if anything the narrator sees is real. The drop of red liquid going into the cup and the revival of his wives are all things that were real or not. The addiction also seems to cause the narrator to be unable to love his second wife. The opium could also be the cause of his inability to remember trivial details of his first wife. The use of drugs started after the death of his first wife, which is the usual pattern of drug addiction. Drug addiction is a huge part of the story that makes the story more difficult to determine if any of it truly happened.
