Finish reading the articles on Edgar Allan Poe's death.
Tuesday, October 31st:
Watch Edgar Scissorshand
Wednesday, November 1st:
Edgar Allen Poe
“A Haunted Life”
Consumption is a 19th century name for
tuberculosis, which is caused
either by bacteria or a virus. In the 19th century it was fatal.
Conservative: one who believes that the traditional way of
doing things is the best way to live.
The French loved Poe as a writer long before the Americans
realized his genius.
Masons: a closed society that was open only to white wealthy
men of influence and power.
A mason is a brick layer or a wall builder.
Refuge: a place of safety
Refugees are fleeing from war torn countries and are seeking
refuge in the U.S. and in Europe.
Delirious: feverish and drifting in and out of
consciousness.
Tavern: a bar or a saloon, a place where people go to drink
Page 184 “Poe’s Final Days”
Time Line:
Poe departed from Richmond, Virginia, to Baltimore,
Maryland. His eventual goal was to go to New York City!!!!
Early morning of Thursday, September 27th Poe set
out from Virginia to Baltimore.
There is no reliable evidence what happened between that
time and October 3rd when he was discovered in a tavern, ill and
delirious.
Physician is a doctor!
Taverns were used as polling places. In the 19th
century women were not allowed to vote so that was why taverns were used as
polling places.
Polling places were where men went to vote!!!
Poe was found in a delirious state, feverish and drifting in
and out of consciousness, and dressed in a stranger’s clothing.
David: a printer by the name of Joseph Walker discovered Poe
looking very bad.
Stopped at page 184, “When Snodgrass arrived at Gunnar’s Hall, he
found Poe….”
Right hand column, second paragraph.
Wednesday, November 2nd:
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Wednesday, November 2nd:
Tomorrow, Friday, November 3rd, please turn in
your notes for The Cask of Amontillado, which
we were working on as we were reading the short story.
Be sure to entitle your class notes: “The Cask of
Amontillado Class Notes”.
Open books to page 184 in “Poe’s Final Days”
Reviewed yesterday’s notes
Alejandra read:
When Joseph Walker found Edgar Allan Poe, he had a look of vacant stupidity and was dressed in dingy torn clothing.
Dingy: dirty, soiled, damp with dirt and sweat, discolored
Where did this scene take place?
Gunnar Hall, a tavern (bar) that was also being used as a
polling place.
Who was Joseph Evans Snodgrass?
He was an editor and a physician who knew Edgar Allan Poe.
Who suddenly arrived at the tavern?
Henry Herring, an uncle by marriage to Edgar Allan Poe.
Why didn’t this person want to help Edgar Allan Poe?
Because when Henry Herring gave Edgar Allan Poe and his family a
place to stay, Poe was not only ungrateful but rude and abusive – particularly
when he was drunk! (And that was often!)
What did this person suggest instead?
To call a carriage and take him to the hospital.
At this point what state was Poe in as he was carried into
the carriage?
Poe was delirious; he was insensible and muttering.
Contributing students: Lizbeth A., Alejandra, David, Diego,
Lizbeth A. reads:
Ventilated: air in the room is fresh and circulated.
Milan, Lizbeth, Julian gave definitions for the word ventilated.
Where was Poe sent?
To the hospital, Washington Medical College Hospital –
answers provided by David and Cierra,
When was Poe admitted?
Five in the afternoon – Diego, Lizbeth
Who was his admitting physician?
Dr. John J. Moran, a young doctor who lived at the hospital, was the attending physician.
What was the physician’s opinion of Poe?
He thought Poe was a great man with a rarely gifted mind.
Cierra – read
What state was Poe in when he arrived at the hospital,
according to Dr. Moran and his wife? He was in a stupor!
What is a stupor? Dull, irrational, half-conscious state
frequently brought on by high fever.
What is delirium? Semi-conscious muttering, feverish dreams
Describe Poe’s physical and mental state.
What is spectral? Ghostly; not real;
Who arrived at the hospital?
Why would Poe not have welcomed this man’s visit?
What does inadvisable mean?
Not a good thing to do!
Not a good thing to do!
