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Life Span of Edgar Allen Poe
Poe was a famous American Author who lead a very tragic and twisted life that ultimately influenced his writing -
Father abandons family
When Poe was a year old his father left the family creating a start of a negative perspective of men. -
Goes into Foster care
this separates him from his family and causes a down spiral in his life -
His Mother died of Tuberculosis
He watched his mother die and made him an orphan causing him to live in foster care. -
His first love died of brain cancer
He sees a compassionate women who he loves dearly and almost worship die. -
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His Foster Mother gets stricken with tuberculosis and dies
This creates tension between the foster father and Poe. -
Foster father has affairs and gets sent of to boarding school
This made him battle and struggle with poverty -
Publishes two books
Does this at age 20 and makes the decision for him whether to be a writer or artist and never made a penny off of it -
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moves into Aunt's and falls in love with Virginia
He causes a battle between sanity and rationality -
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Went on a drinking spree Virginia gets tuberculosis and dies
This causes Poe to struggle with money to take care of her -
Poe found lying semi-conscious and dies
This creates the end to his life and a mystery to how it happened