1. Edgar
Allan
Poe

2. Born
Leads a very tragic life

3. Age 2:
Foster Kid
-Born in Boston, Massachusetts -Parents were actors -Father leaves family -Mother dies year later

4. Poe moves in with the wealthy Allan family, but they don’t take his brother & sister.

5. Poe’s brother dies 1 year later
His sister goes insane
Poe never fits in with the wealthy Allans

6. Poe
begins
writing
Age 5:

7. Age 17: After years of fighting with the Allans, Poe goes to away to the University of Virginia…

8. …but he gets kicked out for:
A. Heavy gambling debts
B. Excessive drinking
C. Not attending class
D. All of the above

9. Good News!
Age 18:Poe’s Engaged

10. Her name is Elmira.
She says yes after years of ignoring him…
She is his first love

11. … but her parents break off the engagement.

12. Poe is accepted to the prestigious military school, West Point…
and
he’s
kicked
out.

13. Age 19: Poe begins publishing poems

14. Age 27:
Poe moves in with some relatives… and finds a wife.

15. He marries his 13 year old cousin, Virginia.
After a stint in the army (thrown out for drinking), Poe is a full time writer.

16. This is the happiest time in Poe’s life:
He’s writing
He’s getting paid
He’s only been fired 2x
He’s in love

17. Age 33:
Virginia is very ill: from tuberculosis
Poe starts drinking heavily
He writes “The Raven”

18. “The Raven:” a man’s depression over the death of a loved one drives him mad… one of his most famous pieces of work

19. Age 39:
Virginia dies of TB in Fordham, New York…1849
He drinks, gambles, & losses all his money

20. Deterioration:
Poe never recovers from the death of Virginia
Drinks more than ever
Becomes re-engaged to Elmira

21. Death 1849:
Oct. 3RD: Found distressed / wild / drunk / wearing someone else’s clothes in the streets of Baltimore
Oct. 7th: Dies of brain swelling / alcoholism
Other stories include him being mugged, crazy disease “Rabies”

22. Funeral:
1849: Attended by 7 people
Oct. 11th, 2009: Baltimore tries again

23. Funeral:

25. Gomez from the Addams Family