From drinking too much to contracting rabies is what really matters. Some believe that Poe’s death was caused because of alcohol while others believe it was due to an animal infection that led to rabies. It can be clearly stated that alcohol was not the main component that led to the last line of Poe’s motivated life. For example, “Poe’s Final Days” from Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never- Ending Remembrance Kenneth Silverman states that “Apparently flooded with drink, he may have also been ill from exposure” (3). This statement proves no significance that Poe was “flooded” with drink. Just because of one’s appearance doesn’t mean that assumptions one makes is always accurate. There needs to be more sources and data to prove this statement. Moreover,
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This concludes that it was not possible for Poe to have died from alcoholism due to the insufficient amount of evidence and witnesses supported in the articles dealing with supposed theories to acknowledge the alcohol as a state of death for Poe. The mere scratch of an infected animal most likely resulted in the end of Edgar Allan Poe’s perish. This contradicted into knowing the full truth about facts that one may not ever find out about Poe. For instance, “Poe’s Death Is Rewritten as Case of Rabies, Not Telltale Alcohol” by The New York Times explains that “Poe again grew confused and belligerent, then quieted down and died...That is a classic case of rabies, the doctor said” (3-4). From this piece of text, Poe showed distinct type of actions that doctors refer to as rabies. This was exhibited when Poe grew “confused” and “belligerent” which showed signs of unexpected symptom behavior. Rabies also is predictable from this statement because after Poe had become confused and belligerent, he quieted down and after that, slowly died. Doctors also mention this as a …show more content…
However, the article “The Death of Edgar Allan Poe” by Richard Cavendish suggests that the last days of Poe’s unhappy life with drink was also planned as suicide for a long time. For example, Poe explains to himself in a letter he was writing that “My life seems wasted...For ten days, I was totally deranged” (5). From this statement, One can infer that Poe had possibly planned to commit suicide because of his unhappiness and how he wrote in his letters that his life seemed wasted. This also refers to suicide because when someone is deranged, there can be a high chance of depression that can lead to suicide. Poe, luckily got out of his derangement in ten days, however went missing for a while after having whisky with his friends. This also can be referred as a suicidal attempt because of all the rough time he had. Additionally, the article “The Death of Edgar Allan Poe” also claims that “By the early morning hours, he was delirious, pale and sweating profusely, and talking incessantly to imaginary things on the walls of the room. He seems to have remained in this state until three in the morning of October 7th, a Sunday, when he appeared to relax, said quietly 'Lord, help my poor soul', and died” (6). From this piece of text, one can show that something connected to his letters to his last words. This can simply mean that Poe had most likely overdosed on something on purpose to commit this type of suicide. Later, after the
This concludes that it was not possible for Poe to have died from alcoholism due to the insufficient amount of evidence and witnesses supported in the articles dealing with supposed theories to acknowledge the alcohol as a state of death for Poe. The mere scratch of an infected animal most likely resulted in the end of Edgar Allan Poe’s perish. This contradicted into knowing the full truth about facts that one may not ever find out about Poe. For instance, “Poe’s Death Is Rewritten as Case of Rabies, Not Telltale Alcohol” by The New York Times explains that “Poe again grew confused and belligerent, then quieted down and died...That is a classic case of rabies, the doctor said” (3-4). From this piece of text, Poe showed distinct type of actions that doctors refer to as rabies. This was exhibited when Poe grew “confused” and “belligerent” which showed signs of unexpected symptom behavior. Rabies also is predictable from this statement because after Poe had become confused and belligerent, he quieted down and after that, slowly died. Doctors also mention this as a …show more content…
However, the article “The Death of Edgar Allan Poe” by Richard Cavendish suggests that the last days of Poe’s unhappy life with drink was also planned as suicide for a long time. For example, Poe explains to himself in a letter he was writing that “My life seems wasted...For ten days, I was totally deranged” (5). From this statement, One can infer that Poe had possibly planned to commit suicide because of his unhappiness and how he wrote in his letters that his life seemed wasted. This also refers to suicide because when someone is deranged, there can be a high chance of depression that can lead to suicide. Poe, luckily got out of his derangement in ten days, however went missing for a while after having whisky with his friends. This also can be referred as a suicidal attempt because of all the rough time he had. Additionally, the article “The Death of Edgar Allan Poe” also claims that “By the early morning hours, he was delirious, pale and sweating profusely, and talking incessantly to imaginary things on the walls of the room. He seems to have remained in this state until three in the morning of October 7th, a Sunday, when he appeared to relax, said quietly 'Lord, help my poor soul', and died” (6). From this piece of text, one can show that something connected to his letters to his last words. This can simply mean that Poe had most likely overdosed on something on purpose to commit this type of suicide. Later, after the