Paragraph 1- There is much debate over the conclusion of Edgar Allan Poe’s death. Experts are split between rabies or alcohol poisoning for the cause of Poe’s death. After reading multiple articles concerning Poe’s death, I have concluded that Poe did not die due to alcohol poisoning because there is no substantial evidence that indicates it. For instance, in the account, Poe’s Death Is Rewritten as Case of Rabies, Not Telltale Alcohol, by The New York Times, an expert states, “The writer (Poe) was so sensitive to alcohol that a glass of wine would make him violently ill for days. Poe may have had problems with alcohol as a young man, Mr. Jerome said, but by the time he died at 40 he almost always avoided it.” This fundamental quote shows that
