PPT-In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” Edgar Allan Poe uses imagery to create

by Altay Shawn Peter and Justin Pg 211 We had passed through walls of piled bones with casks and puncheons intermingling into the inmost recesses of the catacombs Pg 212 We passed through a range of low arches descended passed on and descending again arrived at a deep crypt in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow than flame. Poe whose cloudy personal life is a virtual legend considered himself primarily a poet Business Man 1840 The story describes eight orderly business ventures the author becomes involved in BUSINESS MAN Method is the soul of business OLD SAYING I AM Poe: Planning . for Writing The Raven. The Raven . and the Peak of Tragedy (excerpt). Edgar Allan Poe – a biography (excerpt). The Raven. Texts. Gain deep understanding of the text. Answering text-dependent questions . Biography, Methods, The Gothic and Psychological Perspectives. A Difficult . L. ife. Born 1809 to traveling actors. Father abandons mother shortly after he’s born. Mother dies of consumption (tuberculosis) when he’s 2. Early Life. Poe born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was a talented actress from an English theatrical family. Because Poe. ’. s father, David Poe, Jr., a traveling actor of Irish descent, was neither talented nor responsible, the family suffered financially. After apparently separating from David Poe, Elizabeth died in Richmond, Virginia, in 1811. The young Edgar, though not legally adopted, was taken in by a wealthy Scottish tobacco exporter, John Allan, from whom Poe took his middle name.. , . 1809-1849. E.A. Poe. . Poe is a romantic figure, the archetype of the extravagant genius, an embodiment of the satanic characters he developed in his fiction.. Life. Son of travelling actor. Raised in Richmond, Virginia by the Allan family. Video by: Alex Galloway. ENG 233. October 8, 2015. Edgar Allan Poe: A History. Born in Boston to two actors. His mother and father were not that successful.. His father left the family in 1810, and his mother died in 1811. . Background for Poe’s Short Story. Edgar Allan Poe. Author, not the narrator, of the story “The Cask . . .”. Developed characters whose sanity is questionable.. Father of the genre “the short story”. Edgar Allen Poe. One the greatest and unhappiest of American poets, a master of the horror tale, and the patron saint of the detective story. Edgar Allan Poe first gained critical acclaim in France and England. . Short Answer Steps & Example. Plot Diagram. Exposition. Rising Action. Inciting Incident. Climax. Falling Action. Denouement / Resolution. Plot Diagram. Characterization. Characterization. is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Characterization is revealed through . Poe . (. 1809-1849. ). By Joshua Y. Poetry Presentation. Background Music. Blu profondo. by . R. oberto Jonata. Introduction. Source: The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe Vol. I: Poems (Harvard University Press, 1969) . Poetic Principle. Reasons to study poetry: . 1. To learn creativity. 2. To make yourself more well-rounded. 3. To better understand yourself through understanding others. . 4. Aesthetics (beauty). 5. History. PROOF ONE:. One of the main characters are named . Fortunado. . In the end, this character dies.. PROOF TWO:. Montressor. jokes that he is a mason when . Fortunado. asks for a sign, and . Monstressor. EDGAR ALLAN POE. 1809-1849: . Only lived 40 years. Born in Boston Massachusetts. Mother died at a young age; Father abandoned the family. Taken in by a family in Virginia but never adopted. Wealthy uncle left him a fortune. The Poe family was abandoned by. David Poe (Edgar’s father) when Edgar was very young.. Both David and Elizabeth Poe, Edgar’s parents were actors.. Soon after, when Edgar was only three, his mother died of tuberculosis (TB), called “Consumption” in those days.