Edgar Allan Poe Life Outline

Nick Arleo3/11/13 I. Introduction Edgar Allen Poe was a very dark writer of poems and condensed stories. His publications terrified many. His whole life and the unfortunante events that occured during it can tell a person why his writings were the way they were written. II. Body- Poes betimes life, marriage, works, later long time A. Early life in Boston,MA 1. Poes family a. his father left his family early on in his life, and his mother passed out when he was 3 years of age. 2. Poes foster family a.Poe lived with John and Frances Allan, a successful tobacco merchant and his wife in Richmond,Virginia. 3. Poes marriage a. Poe married his 13 year sure-enough(a) cousin Virgnia or Sissy as he called her when he was the age of 27. b. Sissy grew ill with tuberculosis and with no cure, she passed away in 1842. 4. Poes Collegient years a. Poe started out studying at the University of Virginia. b. Poe later on transfered to the Naval acadamy at double-u Point and joined the military. B. Poes works 1. Short stories a. The Angel of the Odd (1844) Comedy slightly being sot b. The Balloon Hoax (1844) Newspaper story about balloon travel c. Berenice (1835) Horror story about teeth d. The Black Cat (1845) Horror story about a cat e. The Cask of Amontillado (1846) A story of revenge f. A Descent Into The Maelstrom (1845) Man vs. Nature, Adventure Story g. Eleonora (1850) A do story h. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845) Talking with a dead man i. The Fall of the House of evince (1839) An old house and its secrets 2. Poems A DreamA Dream Within A Dream A Valentine Al Aaraaf only when An Acrostic An Enigma Annabel Lee Bridal Ballad Dreamland Dreams Eldorado Elizabeth C. Poes Later years a. aft(prenominal) the death of his wife, Poe became very depressed. This depression inspired most of his pieces. b. Poe began an even bigger alcoholic after years of being a heavy drinker. c. Poe also began the search for a new wife in do to restore his happieness and cure h is depression. d. Poes writings at the end of his life were his most depressing. e. Poe eventually died on October seventh 1849.