In Edgar Allan Poe's "Silence—A Fable," a Demon tells the narrator about a desolate, noisy region in Libya where a man seeking solitude sits on a rock marked "DESOLATION." The Demon tries to frighten the man by adding terrifying sounds like roaring beasts and a violent storm to the already chaotic landscape, but the man remains unmoved. Finally, the Demon curses the region with absolute silence, making everything utterly still, and the rock's inscription changes to "SILENCE." This profound, unnatural quiet finally terrifies the man, who flees in horror, suggesting that absolute silence can be more dreadful than noise and chaos.

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