Edgar Allan Poe Informative Time Organizer
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Poe’s Vital Statistics
Date of Birth
January 19th 1809
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachussetts
Name at Birth
Edgar Poe
Poe the Early Years
Record information about Poe’s birth parents
When Poe was two years (1811) old his mother died and his alcoholic father had already left his family.
Record information about Poe’s adopted parents
At 2 (1811) years old the Allans, who worked at the tobacco industry, adopted him.
Record Poe’s name at baptism
The Allans changed his name to Edgar Allan Poe (1812)
Places Poe Lived
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Poe or just E.A.P.
MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH THE FACTS
What were some of the tragic events Poe faced during his life? How do you think these may have influenced Poe's writing?
Edgar Allan Poe’s writing is consider to be “dark” commonly with a tragic plot, the reason of this is mostly because of his tragic childhood. Some of the events that may have influenced Poe’s writing was primarly the fact that by the time he was 2 years old he was an infant with a death mother and a father that had abandon him, but also the fact that he was “adopted” by a family, who’s patriachal figure did not got along with Poe might have affected him. In other words, not having biological parents, having an adoptive father that you don’t get a long, and then having an adoptive mother that you get a long but dies before Poe was 21, made the american author a very cold-minded person. In my opinion all of this events limited Poe in developing emotions and like most of the writers, he was just portraying his thoughts through his
Poe’s Vital Statistics
Date of Birth
January 19th 1809
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachussetts
Name at Birth
Edgar Poe
Poe the Early Years
Record information about Poe’s birth parents
When Poe was two years (1811) old his mother died and his alcoholic father had already left his family.
Record information about Poe’s adopted parents
At 2 (1811) years old the Allans, who worked at the tobacco industry, adopted him.
Record Poe’s name at baptism
The Allans changed his name to Edgar Allan Poe (1812)
Places Poe Lived
Record names and dates of the places Poe lived during his lifetime. …show more content…
Poe or just E.A.P.
MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH THE FACTS
What were some of the tragic events Poe faced during his life? How do you think these may have influenced Poe's writing?
Edgar Allan Poe’s writing is consider to be “dark” commonly with a tragic plot, the reason of this is mostly because of his tragic childhood. Some of the events that may have influenced Poe’s writing was primarly the fact that by the time he was 2 years old he was an infant with a death mother and a father that had abandon him, but also the fact that he was “adopted” by a family, who’s patriachal figure did not got along with Poe might have affected him. In other words, not having biological parents, having an adoptive father that you don’t get a long, and then having an adoptive mother that you get a long but dies before Poe was 21, made the american author a very cold-minded person. In my opinion all of this events limited Poe in developing emotions and like most of the writers, he was just portraying his thoughts through his