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Life
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Poe's father left him and the family
Helps shape feelings towards men in his life. -
Mother dies
She passes away with TB and leaves all children to go into foster homes. -
Moved in with the Allen's
Shapes even more how he sees men because of the horrible foster father. -
first love dies
The mother of a school friend also his first love dies of brain cancer making him very depressed. -
Foster dad having multiple affairs in the house
Having affairs shaped how Edgar saw men because he thought they were all cruel. -
Sent to boarding school
gets sent to boarding school then he goes poor so he gets into debt with gambling and people so he goes into the military and goes by Edgar A. Perry -
Foster mother dies
Her death put great depression on him because she was the only woman in his life at the time. -
Moves in with his aunt and cousin
Moves with aunt after Foster mother dies -
Gets married to cousin
after pleading with her not to leave they finally get married -
Virginia get sick
She gets sick with TB and at that point Edgar was doing everything he could to keep her alive because of previous losses -
Poem got into NY mirror
Poem makes it big but he doesn't make money off of it -
Virginia dies of TB
She dies leaving edgar into a depression and starts drinking heavily -
Leaves to give news about new engagement
After new engagement he travels to New York to tell the news but is found in the streets of Baltimore unconcious and dirty -
The Ending of Life
After being found in the streets of Baltimore unconcious for days Poe wakes up in the 7th before meeting his fate on that morning.