The man behind the Macabre: Edgar Allen Poe

By ianwilliams17
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    Life Span of Edgar Allen Poe

    Poe was a famous American Author who lead a very tragic and twisted life that ultimately influenced his writing

  • Father abandons family

    When Poe was a year old his father left the family creating a start of a negative perspective of men.

  • Goes into Foster care

    this separates him from his family and causes a down spiral in his life

  • His Mother died of Tuberculosis

    He watched his mother die and made him an orphan causing him to live in foster care.

  • His first love died of brain cancer

    He sees a compassionate women who he loves dearly and almost worship die.
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    His Foster Mother gets stricken with tuberculosis and dies

    This creates tension between the foster father and Poe.

  • Foster father has affairs and gets sent of to boarding school

    This made him battle and struggle with poverty

  • Publishes two books

    Does this at age 20 and makes the decision for him whether to be a writer or artist and never made a penny off of it
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    moves into Aunt's and falls in love with Virginia

    He causes a battle between sanity and rationality
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    Went on a drinking spree Virginia gets tuberculosis and dies

    This causes Poe to struggle with money to take care of her

  • Poe found lying semi-conscious and dies

    This creates the end to his life and a mystery to how it happened