Edgar Allan Poe
10th Grade
English
Ms. Preston
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Early Life
The Raven
End of Life
The Tell
Tale Heart
Writing Style
Annabel Lee
The Masque of
Red Death
The Black
Cat
Early Life
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Born on January 19, 1809
Tried to join the army
Huge struggle to become a writer
Many magazines rejected his early works
Worked for a magazine company
Anonymously published Tamerlane and Other
Poems as his first works in 1827.
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End of Life
• Died on October 7, 1849
• Plagued by alcoholism and drug usage
• Mystery behind his death
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Writing Style
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Wrote poems and short stories
Works considered “Gothic”
Dealt with mystery and the macabre
Main themes are loss of love and death
because he faced lots of loss of loved ones
during his life
• Heavy use of symbols in all of his works
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The Masque of Red Death
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Frist published in 1842
Short Story
Main themes are death and the supernatural
Story about a nobleman’s party that gets
interrupted by an unexpected guest
• Thought to be written about Tuberculosis
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The Raven
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Published in 1845
Narrative poem
Main theme is unending devotion
Told through the eyes of the narrator
The narrator receives nightly appearances for
a raven that can only saw “Nevermore”
• Shift from sane to insane
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The Tell Tale Heart
• Published in 1843
• Again it is told by a narrator that the reader does not
know the name of.
• Major themes are obsession, murder, guilt, and
insanity
• Tennant of a flat kills the man that he lives with
because he fears the old man’s stare
• Narrator insists that he is innocent, although
The reader knows he is not.
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Annabel Lee
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Published in 1849 after Poe’s Death
Last written poem
Theme focuses on the death of a woman
Told from the narrators point of view
Dealing with the loss of his love Annabel Lee
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The Black Cat
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Published in 1843
Narrative Poem
Also written as a first person narrative
The narrator relates the events of the story
which culminates in him killing his wife’s cat
and attempting to conceal the crime from her
• Brings sanity into question
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Multiple Choice Question
What was the title of Poe’s FIRST published
work?
A: The Masque of Red Death
B: The Tell Tale Heart
C: Tamerlane and Other Poems
D: The Black Cat
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Masque of Red Death was published in 1842
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The Tell Tale Heart wasn’t published until 1843
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The Black Cat was published in 1843
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Good job! “Murders in the Rue Morgue is the
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