create a heroic out look on the war, and encurage more men to fight in the war.
Answer:
first blank: Edgar Allen Poe
second blank: death and the loss of someone
Explanation:
Edgar Allen Poe's most famous works were about the loss of a loved one and he had a lot of inner demons, and he didn't have a happy life he was a morphine and alcohol addict
The answer is the second one
B. they represented powerful rulers
