https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2 From a brilliant macabre filled mind to found half dead on the street. What was his life like anyway? en-us 2022-11-01 19:04:16 UTC 2025-10-03 13:04:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/363896589/f78e8e0dc911091d342341daf27f0115/image_removebg_preview__3_.png dgonzalez021_1 https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368907788 How did he die?
Well, there are many theories on how he died, though only few people could possibly know the truth; his possible killers, and him.
Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7th, 1849 of unknown causes, the cause still a mystery to this day. 
"Lord, help my poor soul", he muttered allegedly on his deathbed. 
He was in a severely inebriated condition, dressed in shoddy, ill-fitting clothing that were out of character for him. Poe drifted in and out of conscious while being transported to Washington College Hospital.

]]> 2022-11-03 17:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368907788 dgonzalez021_1 https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368913006 Besides from drunkenness, scholars and writers have proposed a variety of other reasons of death, spanning from brain lesions, epilepsy, and TB to cholera, syphilis, and perhaps even rabies. Another widely held belief is that Poe was a victim of "cooping," a frequent tactic at the period in which Baltimore's infamously corrupt government officials hired thugs to abduct down-and-out persons, particularly the homeless.]]> 2022-11-03 17:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368913006 dgonzalez021_1 https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368925558 2022-11-03 18:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368925558 dgonzalez021_1 https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368936718 People can theorize all they want, but like stated before, only he knows the truth. But, on the bright side, his life brought us many great literary works from "The Grotesque and Arabesque" to "The Raven". He inspired many people to become writers, and his life probably interested many, from the 13yr old cousin wife to his dad disowning him for being a failure at school.]]> 2022-11-03 18:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368936718 dgonzalez021_1 https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368947074 There are too many facts for how he might've died so this is more like an overview.]]> 2022-11-03 18:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368947074 dgonzalez021_1 https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368950762 2022-11-03 18:18:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368950762 dgonzalez021_1 https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368956000 Here's a link to an article!]]> 2022-11-03 18:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2368956000 dbronstein01 https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2369089839 What was Poe's early life like? Why and how did he become a poet?

He was born on January 19, 1806 in Boston. Both his parents were traveling actors, his mother being the better one. His father left his mother to raise three children on her own, but she quickly passed the responsibility when she shortly after died of tuberculosis.

Edgar Poe's name was changed to Edgar Allen Poe when he was adopted by John and Frances Allen. They were a rich couple and sent him to a good school. That is where his found a passion for poetry.

When Poe was 17, he was engaged to Elmira Royster and left for University of Virginia. He came back shortly after because he was in serious debt (around $2,000) after gambling all his tuition money to generate more.

His fiance had already moved on when he came back home, and Poe didn't want to deal with his foster father, so he moved back to Boston. There, he joined the army and quickly climbed up the ranks. In December of 1828, he was promoted to the highest rank that a non-commissioned officer could get. Nonetheless, he left April of 1829 and went to Baltimore.]]> 2022-11-03 20:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2369089839 dbronstein01 https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2369101650 What did he write? Was it just poems?

Edgar had a hard childhood. His father abandoned his whole family when Edgar was two and his mother died after that at the age of 24. He was adopted and eventually went to school. When he was 13, he knew how to write poems and shared that with his father who adopted him.

Poe excelled at school. He went to University of Virginia when he was 17, but had to drop out a few month later because he gambled all his tuition money because he knew he didn't have enough.

He moved to Boston and published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems with an anonymous name. He joined the army and was able to achieve the highest rank.

Years later, he moved to Baltimore. He started writing short stories instead of poems and joined Southern Literary Messenger He wrote horror stories like, “Metzengerstein” and  “Berenice”.

He later married his 13 year old cousin when he was 26. He left Southern Literary Messenger and started writing a lot more stories while in Philadelphia. Some of the stories he wrote at that time were the “Masque of the Red Death,” “The Black Cat,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”.

“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” was his first detective story, even though he was known for his horror stories. His most famous was "The Raven". This was what made him so well known. He was able to make a living off of just his poems and stories after that, making him the first american writer to have no other job to help with expenses.]]> 2022-11-03 20:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dgonzalez021_1/ddo05gxcar949ca2/wish/2369101650