Everyone Loves a Horror Story

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Everyone Loves a Horror Story

• Language Arts 8

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Masters of Horror

• Stephen King is often compared to the 18th
  century weaver of horror tales, Edgar Allan Poe

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Poes Life

• Best known for poetry and short fiction pieces
• Life span 1809-1849
• Created detective story and refined psychological
  thriller
• World-wide influence on literature

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Poes Childhood

• Parents David Poe Elizabeth Atkins
• Parents died before Poe was 3
• Adopted by John Allan
• Poe was baptized Edgar Allan Poe

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Poes Young Adult Years

• Poe quarreled with John Allan
• Attended University of Virginia
• Incurred gambling debts and left UV
• Enlisted in US Army

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Trouble Follows Poe

• After Allan died, Poe was discharged from Army
• Poe was expelled from West Point
• Throughout his troubles, Poe continued to write

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Poes Romance

• Lived with Aunt, Maria Clemm, and cousin Virginia
• Dated Virginia and married her
• Began writing for newspapers/magazines
• Moved to Philadelphia

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Poes Masterpieces Written

• Poe published some of best known works
• The Raven
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• The Black Cat
• The Bells

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Death in Poes Life

• Lost mother to coughing sickness/tuberculosis
• Lost Virginia to coughing sickness/tuberculosis

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Mystery of Poes Death

• Found delirious in Baltimore on October 3
• Found in someone else's clothing
• Found on Election Day
• Died October 7

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Playbill Assignment

• Task
• You are hired by a theater to create a playbill
  on Poe and one of his stories or one of his poems
  that will be performed

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Playbill Information

• Cover
• Title of work/works
• Author
• Student name
• Graphics that represent work

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Playbill Information

• Inside left
• Brief overview of Poes life

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Playbill Information

• Inside right
• Characters
• Setting
• Time frame

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Playbill Information

• Back
• Brief synopsis of story/poems

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Creating Playbill

• Your playbill will be created using Publisher-PC
  or Pages-Mac
• Mrs. Fadale will give you set up instructions and
  design tips