Edgar Allen Poe Web Quest

 

1. Edgar Allen Poe was born in  Boston on January 19, 1809. He died on Sunday  , October 7, 1849 in Baltimore Maryland.

2. Five theories of Poe's death are that he drank too much,  he had something wrong with his brain and suffered brain fever,  he had rabies,  the cooping theory, and there had been an early incident that had later implications for his health, TB, physically abused, murder. 
3. The state that Poe called his home was Virginia.
4. The famous military academy that expelled Poe in 1831 was the U.S Military Academy at West Point.

5. Poe married  Virginia, his cousin, and she was 13 years old.

6. I think that the marriage of Poe and Virginia is very strange. Usually two people do not get married where the man is more then twice the women's age.
7. "The Raven" was published in  late 1844.
8. "The Tell-Tale Heart" and  "The Black Cat" were both  written in late 1842.
9. Some tragic childhood event of his that influenced his writing was his mother dying and his father left the family before his mohe died.

10. I signed the guest book at Poestories.com

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"Poestories Gallery: Portraits of Edgar Allan Poe." Edgar Allan Poe, Short Stories, Tales, and Poems. Web. 01 Nov. 2010. <http://poestories.com/images.php?category=portraits of edgar allan poe>.