https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354 Mackenzy Burg, Caitlyn Hill, John Lynch, Mannat Bath P2 en-us 2018-10-18 16:41:45 UTC 2025-10-05 11:19:46 UTC hello@padlet.com john_309221 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295487666 This is the grave of Edgar Allan Poe there are many theories about how he died but it is still a mystery. There are many theories here are just a couple; suicide, copping, rabies, cholera. ]]> 2018-10-22 14:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295487666 john_309221 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295490760 Edgar Allan Poe's death place was at a Church Hospital but he was buried at Westminster Hall and Burying ground. ]]> 2018-10-22 14:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295490760 john_309221 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295497896 The raven is a very good example of gothic literature. Gothic literature is and kind of writing that involves fear, horror, death or gloom. The author could make romantic elements such as nature and high emotion. ]]> 2018-10-22 15:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295497896 caitlyn_1913796 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295553725 Edgar joined the military under a pseudonym and decided to enroll at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. To his foster father's dismay, he got expelled just a year after he joined. He was later disowned by his foster father because of this. ]]> 2018-10-22 16:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295553725 caitlyn_1913796 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295556366 Edgar Allan Poe wrote many famous poems in his time that have become increasingly important today. The poems that made him famous include The Fall of the House of Usher, published in 1839, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, published in 1840, and one of his most famous, The Raven in 1845.]]> 2018-10-22 16:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295556366 mannat_292472 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295557565 2018-10-22 16:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295557565 caitlyn_1913796 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295559725 Poe started his writing career as a starving writer shortly after his brother died. However, he did not stay starving for long because he soon became the editor for the  Southern Literary Messenger.]]> 2018-10-22 16:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295559725 mannat_292472 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295559914 2018-10-22 16:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295559914 caitlyn_1913796 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295561967 Poe wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" which were considered to be the first of the detective fiction genre. These stories later went on to inspire Arthur Conan Doyle to write the character of Sherlock Holmes.]]> 2018-10-22 16:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295561967 mannat_292472 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295563957 2018-10-22 16:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/295563957 mackenzy_284306 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/296422032 5. Poe married his 13 year-old cousin Virginia when he was 26 in the year 1836. In 1847 Virginia passed away at age 24 from tuberculosis.]]> 2018-10-24 13:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/296422032 mackenzy_284306 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/296423469 10. There are many tragic events that impacted Poe's writing. He grew up without knowing his parents because they both died when he was three, and he had a strained relationship with his adoptive father for most of his life. He started writing horror and mystery because of how much he suffered throughout his life.]]> 2018-10-24 13:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/296423469 mackenzy_284306 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/296423882 11. There are many theories about Poe's death. The theory that is the most interesting is that he was kidnapped and forced to vote multiple times under different disguises because he was found in a ditch near a voting poll with clothes that were not his. Other guesses include rabies, alcoholism, carbon monoxide poisoning, and epilepsy.]]> 2018-10-24 13:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/296423882 mackenzy_284306 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/296425182 14. The "Poe Toaster" is a mysterious man that visits Poe's grave every year on his birthday. He leaves a half full bottle of cognac and three roses. ]]> 2018-10-24 13:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/296425182 mackenzy_284306 https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/296426217 1. Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809.]]> 2018-10-24 13:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzy_284306/dhz9ccpzw354/wish/296426217