Edgar Allan Poe's
The Tell Tale Heart vs. William Wilson
Paige Eiseman
Mrs. Morgan
English 11, Period 5
April 17, 2007

Edgar Poe was born on 19 January 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of actors Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins (1787-1811) and David Poe (1784-1810). (Edgar Allan Poe)He had a brother named William Henry (1807-1831) and a sister Rosalie (1811-1874).( Edgar Allan Poe) After the death of his parents Edgar was taken in by Frances (d.1829) and John Allan (d.1834), a wealthy merchant in Richmond, Virginia.( Edgar Allan Poe) On October 3, 1849, Poe was found on the streets of Baltimore delirious and "in great distress, and... in need of immediate assistance," according to the friend who found him, Dr. E. Snodgrass. (Edgar Allan Poe)He was taken to the Washington College Hospital, where he died early on the morning of October 7. (Edgar Allan Poe)Poe started out assistant editor of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine in 1839.( Edgar Allan Poe) He then moved on to bigger and......

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