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I asked the class to find biographies and research on the life of Edgar Allan Poe over the weekend. Today, I want four groups of 5 students each to take 5 minutes in groups and list problems that Poe may have had in his life. One student from each group will respond to my excerpts from reading of "The Raven"; look for words that might explain Poe's life and mental condition in 1845, and anything pertaining to America in 1845 that offers clues to his writing.
Teacher reading: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary…"
Group 1: Poe was an orphan after his father ran away and his mother died of TB. He may have been affected his whole life by the sadness
Teacher reading: "Ah distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, and each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor…"
Group 2: After Poe was sort of adopted by John and Frances Allan, he went to the University of Virginia but ran out of money; John Allan wouldn't give him any money to live and he was desperate to survive
Teacher: Why would that situation provide Poe with those images in his head?
Group 2: He felt abandoned, and maybe the ghost of his dead mother was in his head
Teacher: "And the silken and...
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