Edgar Allen Poe's Tragic Life

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    Life

  • Poe's Father leaves the family

    This event will help to shape his feelings towards the men in his life
  • Poe's mother dies

    She Dies of TB and causes all 3 children to go into foster care
  • Poe's first love is his friends mother, she dies of brain cancer

    She dies of brain cancer, this will effect his life
  • Poe goes to boarding school

    he goes to boarding school but he is very poor even know he lives with a wealthy family
  • Poe's foster mom dies

    this will effect the way he thinks in life about certain things
  • Poe marries his 12 year old cousin Virginia

    this will affect his life in many ways
  • Poe's wife gets sick

    she gets taberculoses
  • Poe's wife dies

    she die because she got sick
  • Poe dies

    No one knows how he died