THE TRAGIC LIFE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE

POE'S FAMILY

• Mother- Eliza Poe died of tuberculosis when Poe was 3.
• Father- David Poe abandoned the family when he was a baby.
• Foster mother- Frances Allan died of tuberculosis.
• Foster father- John Allan was not supportive in Poe's life at all.
• Virginia- Poe's wife that died of tuberculosis as well.

POE'S LIFE

• When his most of his family dies, Poe is devastated.
• Edgar Allan Poe starts writing poems. They were usually sad.
• He became an alcoholic because he was depressed.
• He disappeared for a while and was found on the steets wearing other peoples cloths.
• Poe was conscious and was taken to the hospital. Poe dies on October 7, 1849

POPULAR WRITINGS

• In "The Raven" the bird taunted the Narrator by saying evermore over and over.
• In The "Tell-Tale Heart" the Narrator's heart kept throbbing and he heard voices in his head.

In all of Poe's life he was basically alone. The women he loved died which made him depressed. The men in his life weren't as supportive. As he grew up he didn't live like other children who were happy and creative. Your parents have a big impact on you as a person. As your grow up you need that boost to get you through the hard times in life. With Poe, his family wasn't supportive. So in his mind it was always so dark and creepy and sad. Obviously you can see that his life impacted his poems because they were so creepy and had a dark feeling to the person reading his poems. But they became popular today.