Edgar Allan Poe is one of the best known authors for his dark personality and severe lack of jocundity, which he expressed through his works. However, there is reason behind his madness for which he showed. Edgar Allan Poe lived a sad life, with many people close to him dying, he expressed his sadness with his various works until his mysterious death.
Edgar Allan Poe’s life began on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was birthed by Elizabeth Arnold and fathered by David Poe, who both were travelling actors. By the time he was three years old, both of his parents had died. The young Poe was then adopted by John Allan, a wealthy tobacco merchant, and his wife, Frances Valentine Allan. Mr. Allan was very adamant about Poe becoming a …show more content…
He excelled in his classes all while gaining himself a considerable amount of debt. John Allan had sent Poe to college with a considerably less amount of money than he needed to pay for it. Poe, trying to get money, began gambling and quickly became so poor he had to burn his furniture for warmth. Ashamed of his lack of money, he moved back to Richmond to be with his fiancée, Elmira Royster, who had been engaged to someone else in Poe’s time away.
Poe spent several months mourning at his father, John Allan’s, mansion. Poe, upset that his fiancée left him and his father sent him to college without the money he needed to pay for it, strongly disliked his father. He left his father’s mansion to pursue his dream of being a poet.
He began to accomplish his dream by publishing his first book, Tamerlane, in 1827, when he was 18 years old. Two years later, he had gotten word that his mother had tuberculosis and wanted to see him before she died. When he arrived at Richmond his mother had already been buried. Poe and John Allan mourned over her death and briefly became friends again. John Allan helped Poe to be appointed at West Point Military Academy. Before he left to attend West Point, he published another volume of Poetry. While at West Point, John Allan had married another woman and not told Poe. Poe, offended by his father’s actions, wrote him a letter detailing all of the wrongdoings he had committed towards
Edgar Allan Poe’s life began on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was birthed by Elizabeth Arnold and fathered by David Poe, who both were travelling actors. By the time he was three years old, both of his parents had died. The young Poe was then adopted by John Allan, a wealthy tobacco merchant, and his wife, Frances Valentine Allan. Mr. Allan was very adamant about Poe becoming a …show more content…
He excelled in his classes all while gaining himself a considerable amount of debt. John Allan had sent Poe to college with a considerably less amount of money than he needed to pay for it. Poe, trying to get money, began gambling and quickly became so poor he had to burn his furniture for warmth. Ashamed of his lack of money, he moved back to Richmond to be with his fiancée, Elmira Royster, who had been engaged to someone else in Poe’s time away.
Poe spent several months mourning at his father, John Allan’s, mansion. Poe, upset that his fiancée left him and his father sent him to college without the money he needed to pay for it, strongly disliked his father. He left his father’s mansion to pursue his dream of being a poet.
He began to accomplish his dream by publishing his first book, Tamerlane, in 1827, when he was 18 years old. Two years later, he had gotten word that his mother had tuberculosis and wanted to see him before she died. When he arrived at Richmond his mother had already been buried. Poe and John Allan mourned over her death and briefly became friends again. John Allan helped Poe to be appointed at West Point Military Academy. Before he left to attend West Point, he published another volume of Poetry. While at West Point, John Allan had married another woman and not told Poe. Poe, offended by his father’s actions, wrote him a letter detailing all of the wrongdoings he had committed towards