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2. -Poe’s Parents were touring actors/actress, both parents died before he was the age of 3.- -He is a foster child.- -He Studied in England for 5 years.- -He attended Virginia University for a year. He was a pretty good student, but he had a big issue due to gambling problems.- -Poe became engaged to his aunts daughter Sarah Elmira Royster, married her when she was not yet 14 years old.- -After his wife's death his life started to unravel.- www.biography.com/search/article.do?id-9443160b www.bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/bio.html

3. *-Wife had passed away January 1847. *-Widowed Aunt Virginia passed away. *-Became a heavy Drinker. Q: Did his childhood effect his writing style? A: Yes, Poe's writing did effect the way he wrote, because what had happened in his life. http://richmondthenandnow.com/Newspaper-Articles/Centennial-Tribute-to-Poe.html

4. ….*Number 23*…. ~>A Detective story ~>A lot of thinking involved ….*Sherlock Holmes movies*…. ~>Detective story ~>Classic ~>Mysterious ….*Hills have eyes*…. ~>Bloody gore ~>Horror type http://www.quotationspage.c om/weblog/wp- content/Edgar_Allan_Poe.jp g

5. ..:Napoleon Dynamite:.. -Pointless- -Doesn’t make a lot of sense-..:Mr. 3000:.. -Can’t relate to this kind of scenario- -Sport type movie- http://www.cojeco.cz/attach/p hotos/lide/Poe_74153/Edgar- Allan-Poe-1max.jpg

6. Evening Star (1827) - 2KB Fairy-Land (1829) - 2KB For Annie (1849) - 5KB The Happiest Day, The Happiest Hour (1827) - 2KB The Haunted Palace (1839) - 3KB Hymn (1835) - 1KB Israfel (1831) - 3KB The Lake. To -- (1827) - 1KB The Oval Portrait (1850) - 8KB The Pit And The Pendulum (1842) - 35KB The Premature Burial (1850) - 33KB Lenore (1831) - 2KB The Raven (1845) - 11KB The Murders In The Rue Morgue (1841) - 81KB The Purloined Letter (1845) - 43KB The Cask Of Amontillado (1846) - 15KB The Fall Of The House Of Usher (1839) - 44KB The Masque Of The Red Death (1842) - 14KB Mystification (1850) - 19KB Never Bet The Devil Your Head - A Tale With A Moral (1850) - 23KB The Oblong Box (1850) - 27KB The Oval Portrait (1850) - 8KB The Pit And The Pendulum (1842) - 35KB The Power Of Words (1850) - 9KB A Predicament (1838) - 21KB The Gold-Bug (1843) - 82KB Hans Phaall (1850) - 110KB http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/Work.html#Detective

7. "Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words." - -- Edgar Allan Poe "I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat." - -- Edgar Allan Poe “With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.”- -- Edgar Allan Poe www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/author/Edgar_Allan_Poe/7280 www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/author/Edgar_Allan_Poe/7283 www.quotationspage.com/quote/39224.html

8. Article: http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9443160b Internet: http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/Bio.html http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/Work.html http://www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/author/Ed gar_Allan_Poe/7280 http://www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/author/Ed gar_Allan_Poe/7283 http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/39224.html http://richmondthenandnow.com/Newspaper- Articles/Centennial-Tribute-to-Poe.html Reference Encyclopedia http://www.reference.com/search?q=edgar%20allan%20poe