<span>Edgar Allan Poe experienced several tragic events that influenced his writing. Firstly, his father abandoned the family when Poe was only one year old. Then, his mother died from consumption one year later. Thus, Poe became an orphan at a very early age. These events certainly shaped his writing.</span>
the literary device used to compare Raymond's behavior is juxtaposition
Explanation:
Myself is an Intensive Pronoun, In grammar, an antecedent is an expression that gives its meaning to a proform. A proform takes its meaning from its antecedent; e.g., "John arrived late because traffic held him up." The pronoun him refers to and takes its meaning from John, so John is the antecedent of him.