Edgar Allan Poe: “The Master of the Macabre” artistic works that are characterized by a grim or ghastly atmosphere. There is an emphasis on the details.

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Edgar Allan Poe: “The Master of the Macabre” artistic works that are characterized by a grim or ghastly atmosphere. There is an emphasis on the details and symbols of death” 8 th Grade Reading

Legend of the Poe Toaster Every year on Poe’s birthday, a mysterious visitor places three black roses and a bottle of cognac on his (original) grave in Baltimore, MD. The identity and reasons for this remain unknown.

Edgar Allan Poe Born January 19, Mother was an actress. Foster family by 1810—(Mr. & Mrs. John Allen) 1829-Foster Mother dies Married cousin Virginia Clemm in Virginia died in Died October 7, 1849 in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances.

First Love In his teens, he fell in love with his next- door neighbor, Elmira. Her parents disapproved, so it was broken off. Some say that he never got over his heart-break.

Death Theories Alcoholism Congestion of the brain Rabies Suicide Tuberculosis Cholera Heart disease Cooping

Driven by His Fears Alcoholism Madness Premature Burial Death Mourning Decomposition Reanimation Pseudoscience

Descent Into Madness Poe flirted with madness his whole life. He also littered his works with insanity, often using the “unreliable narrator” as a device.

Famous Short Story Selections “The Tell-Tale Heart” “The Black Cat” “The Fall of the House of Usher” “The Masque of the Red Death” “The Pit and the Pendulum” “The Cask of Amontillado” “The Purloined Letter” ….

Famous Poems “The Raven” “Annabel Lee” “A Dream Within a Dream” “Eldorado”

The Tell-Tale Heart

Annabel Lee

“The Raven”

Symbolism of the Raven Bird of ill omen Diet of carrion The dead Lost souls Remembrance Present at creation Trickster god 1 st bird off the Ark Bran the Blessed Tower of London Taught Cain how to bury his brother 2 at Odin’s shoulders, named Thought and Memory NFL team