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Edger Allen Poe had a very rough childhood with his dad leaving him at a young age and having his mom die, then going to live in a foster family and having them pass seems just rough. I believe that you learn from your parents and although he really didn't have a stable family he still learned from what his guardians did. With his foster father doing what he did I think he learned from it and took it upon himself to do it as well. Most of Poe's stories are dark and mysterious and I think it is a good way to explore the fine line between madness and reason.I think that the fine line is being mad at someone because they did something to you but reason is like doing it because of something. For example, in the story we read "The Cask of Amontillado"  has reason because he got "threatened" so Montresor chained Fortunatado up to the walls. Then in "The Tell-Tale Heart" he has madness towards the vulture eye but he has reason of why. He was mad at something but he murdered him because it was haunting him which is his reason. I think that everything that is in his stories are things he has either been through or things that reflect his child hood. He didn't have much support or guidance in his childhood which now he probably thinks anything is okay.

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"At the age of twenty-seven, Poe brought Maria and Virginia Clemm to Richmond and married his Virginia, who was not yet fourteen."

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"At the age of twenty-seven, Poe brought Maria and Virginia Clemm to Richmond and married his Virginia, who was not yet fourteen."

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This is one of the insane things he did. With some of his life in the past he reflected the non-sense and decided to marry a 14 year old. The madness lead up to crazy decisions and this is one.
https://www.poemuseum.org/life.php

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"In the face of poverty Poe was still able to find solace at home with his wife and mother-in-law, but tragedy struck in 1842 when Poe’s wife contracted tuberculosis, the disease that had already claimed Poe’s mother, brother, and foster mother."

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"In the face of poverty Poe was still able to find solace at home with his wife and mother-in-law, but tragedy struck in 1842 when Poe’s wife contracted tuberculosis, the disease that had already claimed Poe’s mother, brother, and foster mother."

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Poe has had a really rough life with living in poverty, barely making enough with the books, and having is life torn apart when his family left/got separated and losing his foster family. All these factor, factored into Poe's stories and how he writes all darkened.
https://www.poemuseum.org/life.php

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"Humiliated by his poverty and furious with Allan for not providing enough funds in the first place, Poe returned to Richmond and visited the home of his fiancée Elmira Royster, only to discover that she had become engaged to another man in Poe’s absence.  "

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"Humiliated by his poverty and furious with Allan for not providing enough funds in the first place, Poe returned to Richmond and visited the home of his fiancée Elmira Royster, only to discover that she had become engaged to another man in Poe’s absence.  "

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Most of Poe's stpries are dark and muderous. With all of the humliliation, poverty, and problems he was going through is probably a piece of evidence on why Poe's stories are the way they are.

https://www.poemuseum.org/life.php

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"Poe never really knew his parents. His father left the family early on, and his mother passed away when he was only three. Separated from his siblings, Poe went to live with John and Frances Allan, a successful tobacco merchant and his wife, in Richmond, Virginia."

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"Poe never really knew his parents. His father left the family early on, and his mother passed away when he was only three. Separated from his siblings, Poe went to live with John and Frances Allan, a successful tobacco merchant and his wife, in Richmond, Virginia."

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WIth his life falling apart at such a young age he never really had support from his biological family. He has some support from his foster family but he was mostly on his own. This reflects on his writing because he probably didn't learn right from wrong and that's how his decisions were made.
https://www.poemuseum.org/life.php

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"And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it --oh so gently!"

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"And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it --oh so gently!"

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Every night for 7 days he had to get the plan set up quickly but gently because he didn't want to wake the vulture eye. This shows the reason of his madness because he is getting more evidence and reason to kill.

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"If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs."

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"If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs."

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After the unnamed man murdered the old man he started disassembling the man to dispose of him. He cut the arms and legs off and the head so it was easier to hide under the plank. This is one of the insane reasons to Poe's madness.

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"As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door. I went down to open it with a light heart, --for what had I now to fear? There entered three men, who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity, as officers of the police."

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"As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door. I went down to open it with a light heart, --for what had I now to fear? There entered three men, who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity, as officers of the police."

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The quote relates to the EQ because with all of anyones madness comes consequences. So I think that he got the consequence of police showing up but nothing bad happen until the unnamed man gave it away.

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"And now a new anxiety seized me --the sound would be heard by a neighbour! The old man's hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once --once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him."

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"And now a new anxiety seized me --the sound would be heard by a neighbour! The old man's hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once --once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him."

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On the eighth night of watching the old man, his finally hour had raised. The narrator ran into the room with great madness and striked the man once. Finally killing the vulture eye. The unnamed man road the fine line of madness and reason because he had just committed a murder to remove the eye that had haunted him day and night.

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 "It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed."

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 "It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed."

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The unnamed man went into the old mans house every night for a week before the murder. He plotted his plan, got ready, and watch the man sleep to see what he could do to make the murder easier

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"Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! --tear up the planks! here, here! --It is the beating of his hideous heart!"

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"Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! --tear up the planks! here, here! --It is the beating of his hideous heart!"

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The quote shows that the main unnamed character was so mad at his guilt he had to tell the police that he committed a very terrible crime.

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"Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye!"

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"Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye!"

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This quote relates to the essential question because he wasn't mad at the old man he just didn't like the eye of the old man. His reason overpowered his madness for the vulture-pale blue eye.

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   Edgar Allan Poe     "The Tell-Tale Heart"

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   Edgar Allan Poe     "The Tell-Tale Heart"

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By: Edger Allen Poe Hailey Lauer
Period 4