The Supernatural, Poe and Irving

Role of the Supernatural In life there is the natural and the supernatural. Often the supernatural in life is easily forgotten or derided. Life becomes too busy and one forgets that there exists good and evil. One should not spurn the urging in the Bible to remember that "we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against persons without bodies - the evil rulers of the unseen world, those mighty satanic …

…Irving and Poe's ideas of the supernatural vary in their writings, but it is evident that both agree that the supernatural plays a role in the human life. Works Cited Bible. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. 1194. Irving, Washington. "The Devil and Tom Walker." American Literature. Mission Hills, CA: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1991. 106, 107, 108, 110, and 112. Poe, Edgar Allan. Alone. American Literature. Mission Hills, CA: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1991. 133. Poe, Edgar Allan. The Raven. American Literature. Mission Hills, CA: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1991. 128 and 130.