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    This story tells about premature murder. Poe uses first-person viewpoints because in a first-person view human weakness is apparent. The action and dialogue of the charters add a great deal of value to the plot. Montresor tells the story of the night when he took his revenge on Fortunato, a fellow nobleman. Angry over some vague insult, he plans to murder his friend during Carnival, a celebration like Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Montresor chooses to wait until Fortunato is drunk and cannot understand

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    “Night Caller”. He was an Australian serial Killer. Edgar Cooke was born in 1931 on 25th February. After dying on October 26th 1964, he was known for his notorious murders. He was born in Victoria Park in Perth, Western Australia and the eldest of three children. Cooke had been born into a violent family with a father as an alcoholic. When Edgar was young he would protect his mother from beatings from his father and roam the streets late at night to feel safer than what he feels at home and his mother

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    experiences that he showed in his writing with the character . He wrote many poems,and stories about the experiences and feelings in his life for example tuberculosis, love, and madness. Tuberculosis is one of the horrible diseases that Poe experienced in his life multiple times. Throughout his life many of his loved ones died of TB for example his mother , his foster mother, brother, and his wife Virginia. In one of his poems; “Annabel Lee” he wrote “And so, all the night-tide,I lie by the side.” This

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    Everyone’s childhood is different therefore it affect us in how we see the world and react to situations. In the poem, Alone by Poe, it describes a person that is different from everyone else and as a result, it causes him to feel alone. He uses the theme, symbolism, and imagery to demonstrate how our childhood affects our lives. It is evident that the theme of this poem is that everyone has a different point of view on the world. In lines 1-3, Poe says, "From childhood’s hour I have not been as

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    Edgar Allan Poe was a brilliant American author who died mysteriously at the young age of forty. Some people believed he died of alcoholism, while others believe it was because of rabies. The rabies theory is very controversial and lacks evidence. However, there is more information to support the alcoholism theory. The location of Poe’s death was outside a bar, and the state he was in all point to alcoholism. For example, “Joseph Walker saw him at Gunner’s Hall, a Baltimore tavern, strangely dressed

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    Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet that was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a noted writer, poet, and critic whose tales of horror set a standard in American fiction. Poe was the child of 2 actors, but he never really knew his parents, as his mother died when he was 3 years old, and his father deserted the family, and died of causes unknown a few weeks after his mother. Poe was separated from his siblings, an older brother, William, and younger sister, Rosalie

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    Edgar Allan Poe's Rabies

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    Edgar Allen Poe was a great poet that lived a rough life. Poe had lost many of his loved ones throughout his life and many were due to tuberculosis. Poe was very poor when he lived by himself and became an alcoholic. He had died when he was 40 years old and people believe that it was due to alcoholism or rabies. I believe that Poe had died of Rabies/Encephalitis because he had all of the symptoms of rabies and it was confirmed by doctors. It had been confirmed by doctors that Poe had died from encephalitic

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    had been hung in a garden adjacent to the house. “ Is a quote from Edgar Allen Poe’s story, The Black Cat. All of the stories/ poems he has written relate to his life in a lot of ways. Examples of such could be love, alcohol, and madness. To start off, love is a huge effect in Edgar Allen Poe’s life. “We loved with a love that was more than love” is a quote from his Poem, Annabel Lee. Annabel Lee had died of tuberculosis which made Edgar very upset. Edgar would lay by her grave due to how much he

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    This essay will going to show you what exactly happened to Poe death. Don’t go judging on me, this is just my opinion, after this u can comment below what you think what happened to Poe that day . Poe live a unique life, when he was three years old, his mother died in theatrical rooming house in Richmond and his father deserted him. Then later he was taken as a foster into wealthy and childless family of the Allan in Richmond. Poe’s foster family was pleased with his brilliant scholarship

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    “I vowed revenge.” (Poe 1) Revenge plays one of the biggest roles in The Cask of Amontillado and A Poison Tree. Edgar Allen Poe is the author of The Cask Of Amontillado, and William Blake is the poet who wrote A Poison Tree. The authors Poe and Blake use conflict and setting to convey the theme that suppressed anger sometimes induces revenge which can result in explosive violence. The setting in A Cask of Amontillado and in A Poison Tree is used to convey the theme and reveals the chain of suppressed

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