What really happened with Edward Allen Poe? Explore mystery surrounding his death. OR Delve inside the mind of E.Poe. Was he psychotic, suicidal, depressed or otherwise impaired?

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Edward Allen Poe is a renowned Poet and Author who lived in the early 19th century. His work is a source of inspiration to many writers who view him with great reverence. For the short time that he lived, Edward managed to produce great Poems and short stories that centered on mysticism and early versions of science fiction. His work has been lauded as the predecessor to the modern detective story literature. Such literature involves a mystery or crime that occurs. An investigator or detective then tries to find out the truth by studying and following through the events that led to the occurrence. Even though a great writer, Poe`s life was neither good nor easy. Poe`s cause of death has never been satisfactorily established.
This paper explores Edward Poe`s Life. The life of Edward Allan Poe is explored. His character and experiences are examined as his life develops. These attributes of Poe later help in getting a headway with which to investigate the reason of his death. The major hypothesis attempting to explain Edward Poe`s death are explored. They attempt to ascertain whether Poe was murdered or he drank himself to death. The main goal is to try to establish Poe`s reason of death. The paper attempts to examine the possible answer to the question on what happened to Poe. The paper also attempts to establish whether he was psychotic, depressed or mentally impaired and whether this contributed to his death.
About Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer and Poet credited as the first short-story form maker. He was into psychological horror writing, mysterious and macabre tales. He often produced haunting effects with his writings. Edward Poe had an obsession with topics related to death. This is reflected in his poems and stories, for instance in the story ‘The Premature Burial`. Most stories Poe wrote expressed abnormal states of mind constructed from a crazy obsessions. Many acknowledged writers in America and Europe are inspired by his work. The influence of his work can be seen in the writings of authors like Charles Baudelaire and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Born Edgar Poe in Massachusetts in 1809, he was the second child of actress Elizabeth Arnold Poe and actor David Poe. He had an elder brother William Henry and a younger sister, Rosalie Poe. His name may have been picked from Shakespeare`s King`s Lear, a play his parents were performing in 1809. His father, David Poe abandoned their family in 1810 and his mother passed away a year later from consumption. A successful Scottish merchant John Allan took him in. Allan dealt in various goods like tobacco, tombstones, wheat and cloth. Allan and his wife did not have any children. Poe lived with the couple in Richmond Virginia. He got the name Allan from the foster family, even though he was never formally adopted.
Poe was baptized at the Episcopal Church in 1812. He then moved to Britain with ...