Guilt, death, and sin are common themes of anti-Transcendentalism, which can be seen in Poe's writting.
Explanation:
Anti-transcendentalism is a response to Romanticism movement, it explores in the themes the flaws and darkness of the humanity, sometimes Anti-transcendentalism is called Dark Romanticism. Often will appear in the motifs of Anti-transcendentalism human guilt, sin, death and the evil as part of human nature.
