Edgar Allan Poe
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| + | Edgar Allan Poe was a 19th century writer who is still well respected today. He was born in 1809 in Boston. While he was still a baby, his parents separated and his mother died after which he was adopted. Poe attended school in England for a few years before returning to the USA to continue his schooling. later drops out of school and joins the army. A couple years later his adopted mother dies and he returns home. He then joins the university West Point only to be deliberately kicked out later. Years later his adopted father dies and leaves Poe nothing. Poe then marries his cousin who dies about ten years later. Poe died in Baltimore in 1849. | ||
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| + | Poe's writing style is known as dark and mysterious. His writings almost always contain themes death, murder, and lost love. They contain little action but very concentrated emotions and drama. He uses many metaphors and describes the settings with many details. His narrators are almost never given names even though they play an important roles in the story. Throughout his life, the themes of his writings stay fairly consistent, but the prominence of these themes change. | ||
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| + | How do the themes change in his writings throughout Poe's life? | ||
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