LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Question
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Edgar’s birth mother, Eliza, ____
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was an actress
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died of Tuberculosis
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died when Edgar was almost 3 years old.
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all of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Maria Poe Clemm Maria Clemm-called “Muddy”-was Edgar Allan’s Poe’s aunt and mother-in-law.
Detailed explanation-2: -Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, named David Poe Jr., and his mother, named Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe, were touring actors. Both parents died in 1811, and Poe became an orphan before he was 3 years old.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1811, while staying at a boarding house in Richmond, Virginia, for a performance, Eliza began spitting blood. Her performances became less frequent until October 1811 when she stopped appearing altogether. Her last performance was on October 11, 1811, as Countess Wintersen in a play called The Stranger.
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