PPT-The Man Who Was Poe

Clue Chapter ampPage Location Real or Red Herring Its not her dress Chapter 2 pg 26 at the quay The Man Who Was Poe Clue Chapter ampPage Location Real or Red Herring. Poe whose cloudy personal life is a virtual legend considered himself primarily a poet For Annie 1849 One of Poes poems Opening lines Thank Heaven the crisis The danger is past brPage 3br For Annie Thank Heaven the crisis The danger is past And t 1809 - 1849. Background. January 19, 1809: Born . to traveling actors . - Boston . Parents died before he was 3 yrs. old. Sent to live with . John Allan and his wife Frances . (tobacco businessman). Student Sample - Sandra Akram. The Detective Story. Edgar Allan Poe. and. Early Life. Poe was born in 1809 in Boston, MA.. His father, actor John Poe, left the family approximately one year later.. Romanticism. Dates 1800-1900 . (approximate). Characteristics:. 1. Nature as subject of art. 2. Transcendence . 3. Wild, irregular, grotesque. 4. Human rights & animal life. 5. Interest in the past. Is there a justifiable reason to kill another person? Why or why not?. Heroic despair: . hero strays from traditional ideals. Women. don’t fulfill traditional roles. Villain: . often misunderstood and lonely. Most opinion’s of Poe’s work: . A very vulgar writer.. A very dark and disturbed writer.. - Henry James: “the intellect of a highly gifted young person before puberty”. James W. . Gargano. . poe. All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream. biography. He was Born 19 January 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts . He attended the University of Virginia in 1820 – 1827 and was expelled for not paying back his gambling . Edmund. Sad, pale, frail, fair (blonde) hair. Protective of Sis (and family as a . whole. —he’s concerned about his mum & Aunty . Pru. . He’s apprehensive about answering . Dupin’s. questions and . . . Essentials to the Story. Main Characters. The Narrator The Old Man. Setting. “The Tell-Tale Heart” is written as a . flashback. : a narrator is recounting events from the past.. 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. POEPOEEAPOEPOEPOEPOEPOEAPOEPOEPOEPOEPOEHOEPOEPOEPOEPOEPOEPOEPOEPOEPOEA. H. EHOAOEPOEPOEPOEH. O. AOEPOE. HOAX. HOPOE. A. EAOEXOPOAXPOEPOE. X. POEEAPOEAPOEPOEAPOEEAPE. H. EOPOEPOEPOEEOPAP. OAX. APOEEA. 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. Activator: What’s Love Got to do with It? . Much of Edgar Allan Poe’s literature focuses on his inability to get over the loss of his romantic love after the death of his wife, and motherly love after the death of his mother. For this reason, the speakers within his poetry will convey a tone and mood that is distinct to these emotions. Before we can study these things in Poe’s work, we must analyze how we view love and heartbreak in our own culture. . Poe . the Author. Poe introduced . horror. . and . detective fiction. . This story was his . last. . story; published in . 1846. Poe’s . primary concern was . “unity of effect,” . which means that every element of a story should help create a single emotional impact.