Edgar Allan Poe By: Nicole Hernandez & Abigail P.7 by Nicole Hernadez

Picture of Poe

panicatthedisco16 — 2015-11-16 18:25:23 UTC

Born

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January 19 1809 in Boston MA.

•He was the second of three children

•At 3 years old his parents died leaving him an orphan.

Poe's life

panicatthedisco16 — 2015-11-16 18:41:57 UTC

Poe's life was characterized by tragedy and loss

Example from childhood: He had to experience the loss of both his parents at a young age (3 years old)

Example from adulthood: He had to go through the tragedy of losing his first wife to tuberculosis

Other important/ influential events in his life include:

panicatthedisco16 — 2015-11-18 01:49:43 UTC

After losing both his parents he became an orphan

He was under-supported (by his foster family) so he resorted to gambling.

His first love (Sarah Elmira Royster) married a wealthy man who could provide her a future which Poe seemed incapable of.

During the time Poe's foster father was ignoring him Edgars foster mother died

Did you know that...

panicatthedisco16 — 2015-11-18 02:03:21 UTC

After Poe was disowned, he looked for home once more and found it with his older brother Henry. Henry had a drinking problem and unfortunately died from it in 1831. After this Poe wanted to clean up his act and start writing with intent.

As a writer...

panicatthedisco16 — 2015-11-18 02:06:07 UTC

Poe's life was a string of unfortunate events, which may have inspired some of his greatest gothic/romantic writings.

Poe made himself known not only as a superlative author of poetry but also an expert literary critic.

Overall, one could say that...

panicatthedisco16 — 2015-11-18 02:20:25 UTC

we owe a debt of gratitude to his genius and passionate work, we must also keep in mind what torture he had to go through to make his work so vivid.

Tell Tale Heart Video

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