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Edgar Allen Poe

Published on Mar 16, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

EDGAR ALLAN POE

THE MAN WHO WAS CRUSHED

BIOGRAPHY OF POE'S LIFE

  • Poe was born on January 19, 1809.
  • Poe's parents were traveling actors and actresses
  • When Poe was only 2 years old, his mother (Eliza Poe) died of T.B.
  • John and France's Allan adopted Poe. Poe had a bond with his foster mother but not with John

BIOGRAPHY OF POE

  • 2 years later from 1826, Poes foster mother died from T.B
  • Growing up, Poe thought he was crushed and starting writing stories and poems
  • "There was a demon in my sight".

THE TELL TALE HEART

  • The tale tell heart is about his love for the men in his life that did him wrong
  • His real father was an alcoholic and abandoned him.
  • His foster father neglected him when Poe would need money for something, his foster father wouldn't even bother to care

THE TELL TALE HEART

  • The story was about was about a man who loved his father but there was something that grew him mad, that drove him insane. It was the eye.
  • As for Poe, he felt the same way about his fathers. He loved his fathers, but his mad that they both neglected him.

ALONE

  • In the story, it shows how he really feels. It's about Poes life and how it went. But at the same time it has that dark side to.
  • Meaning that he put a lot of feeling and heart to it.

HIS WRITING

  • His writing really impacted his life.
  • Like in one of his stories it shows that he is disparate for love .
Photo by kevin dooley

POE

  • Edgar had an rough child hood and did something remarkable with it.he brought it to pencil and paper. His life was dark and so was his stories.

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