Essay On Edgar Allan Poe's Death

No one really knows how Poe really died all they have are theories. People believe that it was rabies that did it and some say it was alcohol. He liked to drink, maybe just a little too much. His death is a mystery, no one really knows what happened. Reasoning no one knows what really happened evidence show its was because he drank a lot, there was already alcohol in his system, and he gave up on a lot after he started drinking. Edgar Allen Poe seemed to drink a lot. Evidence to that would be all his recovery letters and promises to his wife and her mother explaining that he would reform from alcohol( Pollin, Benedetto). Poe was seen by Joseph Walker, a printer, at Gunner's Hall tavern in Baltimore. Therefor Poe did not reform from drinking
“Poe may have become too drunk to care about protecting himself against the wind and rain”(Silverman). That shows Edgar didn’t care about his own health because of alcohol. Poe was also poorly dressed. He seemed like he didn’t care how he looked probably due to alcohol. “ He wore neither vest nor tie, his dingy trousers fit badly, his shirt was crumpled, his cheap hat soiled”(Silverman). So that explains that Poe didn’t really care about his looks or health because of drinking. Although people think Poe died from rabies they believe that his cat gave it to him. His cat died of starvation and they was no evidence of scratches or bites. People believe this because over 33% of people back then died of rabies and the numbers were growing. It would make sense that he died from that but there's more evidence showing that he died from alcohol. Edgar Allen Poe started giving up when he first started drinking, He also drank a lot, And he already had alcohol in his system at the time of death. Also when people drink a lethal amount of liquor they can get alcohol poisoning and can cause you to get sick real bad or cause death. Evidence shows that Poe's death was caused by