Roxana Aguilar English 2 Final Exam

I most likely agree with the article "Poe's Death is Rewritten as Case of Rabies, Not telltale Alcohol," because the story seems more accurate to me. Poe obviously had problems with drinking when he was young. But now in his early thirties to his early forties, he basically always avoided the alcohol.

When they seen him in a bar on Lombard Street they just assumed that he was drinking alcohol and that he was drunk. He was probably wearing someone else's soiled clothes because maybe his got stolen. Poe was just falsely accused of bad conduct. It really isn't fair being accused of something that you used to do a long time ago, but no longer do anymore.

In the hospital Poe must've been pale in the face, but that is not because of him being drunk. He was pale in the face because he was sick and he had a disease. There was also no actual evidence of him being bitten by an animal an Poe didn't recall ever being bitten by an animal.

Poe being in the hospital was a tragic thing becuase no one really knew why he was sick. When Poe was at the hospital he was hallucinating and yelling at things that weren't really there. Moran tried asking Poe questions but Poe didn't reply with a truthful answer. Instead, he replied with answers he thought to be true or things he imagined.

Poe died because he was either an alcoholic or because he had a disease known as rabies. My thoughts I think that Poe had a disease and that is why he died because he did avoid drinking alcohol. No one really had good evidence that he was drunk other than his appearance. That would be my opinion about that story being most accurate.

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Adam Kienas ENG 2 - FINAL EXAM

After reading the stories of the two Poe theories, I am going to conclude he had died of alcoholism. Also with the lack of a cut or scratch, it lessons the chance of rabies by far. People need to realize Poe’s drunken history and that rabies would have been treated instead of ignored in the hospital. All stories suggest the death of this man sick, but what caused this was the carelessness of himself.
Reading the stories, it only sounds like Benitez is trying to find any other way to go against the alcohol theory. Why does he not share any of Poe’s animal history? The only animal that appears in the story is the cat, but how did the cat pass the rabies without a scratch or cut? Rabies also causes series affects that would have been noticed by Doctor Moran and hospital staff. And if not the cat, what? Poe has bee trying to beat being an alcoholic with proof of family letters.
I believe with him being drunk made him stupid and careless, just like drunk driving. He was ignorant to the weather and turned up in “soiled” clothing, which possible made him very ill on top of the drinking. How do we know how long he was out before he was found? It is a very possible and reliable conclusion to Edger Allen Poe’s death. Finally, being drunk for a period of time and getting sick from weather caused Poe’s death, according to my information, and the stories information. Poe caused his own life with his recklessness.

Gloria Trujillo Eng.2(8)- final exam

Acccording to Poe's death, there are two theories that explains how Poe died. One theory was that he died because of being drunked posioned. the other theory was that, although he didnt have any bitten mark, he had rabies. Both of them seem some what reasonable, but at the same time it just doesnt make sense. I really dont know which way he died but maybe by explaning them, they might make more sense.
In one of the theroies, they said that Poe was drunk posioned. It was said that there was heavy rain and cold wind in Baltimore. Poe was at the bar with used cloths with a blank look on his face. A taxi guy decided to take him to the hospital because he needed to go. While he was in the hospital, the docters said that experienced some wierd syptoms. Four dats later he died.
The other theory was that he had rabies when he died. Dr. Micheal Benitz says that it was true that he was at the bar and wearing used cloths, but he was not drunk.He said that the way Poe died was not the way it was not written in the newspaper. They are postive that he did not die because he was drunk posioned. All they need is the symptoms he had and a diagnosis and they can prove it.

Final Exam Essay

There was different stories in how Poe died. I think Edgar Allen Poe died. I believe that he died by alcoholism. Many people think that he died from rabies from his cat that soonly died. I aslo think that the alcohol started the temor and was causing him of see things. There was no evidence of or any sight of the bit markings. There was no proof of anything.

He was acting funny and wierd. He wanted to start a fight and at the begining he said he had an alcolholism promble when he was younger. Poe was acting strange and many people were feeling like they don't know what was wrong or what was happeing to him.

Poe had many supports on his side especially his couisn that became his wife. Like his cousin Henry Herring. And the doctors were doing the best they can to help hi. They said that he was a great man. He's been working around in soiled clothes and a soiled hat. No one really understands him. When he was hella and screaming and yelling out "lord take me amd my epired"!

Nissa Douglas-- Eng 2final exam

I believe the story Poe's Final Days is the most believable because it tells you pretty much what happened to him from the time he left Richmond to his death. The storytells you first how he got on the boat and on the boat they have no idea what he was up to. Then he got to Baltimore and in Gunner's Hall he must of been wearing "castoff clothing" because he wasn't wearing his own.
I think he died because of to much alcohol. He was delerious and had tremors. Dr. John J. Moran said he belives he had mania a potu, its an alcoholic state which the victum gets irrational and may become violent. Mania a potu is latin and means "madness from drinking."
In other stories/articles it says Poe had a fever before he left Richmond. And that they think it might be rabies that caused his death. But what I don't get about that is how did he get it. you never know he might of had rabies and alcohol poisoning. He could of been to drunk to know what happend to himself. Its also said in one story he could have been exposed to the wind and rain etc.
So in conclusion i am with the doctors about how he died. All the facts are there. He had almost every symptom. So therefor he must of died from alcohol.

La`Shayda Barnes -- ENG2(8) -FINAL EXAM

Edgar Allen Poe died September 23,1849. His death has remained a mystery for many many years. There is plenty of different articles on Poe`s death. No one really knows how Poe passed.

Some articles say Poe could of had a case of Rabies,Encephalitis. There is no evidence or signs of the disease. Poe had a cat, but she did not test for Rabies. It is worth noting that there was no available vaccine for pest at the time.

Another article says Poe had left Richmond September 27, a Thursday to set ouyt for Baltimore on the 4 a.m steamer. Yet known Poe was announced dead in another article on Sep.23. Joseph Walker saw him at the Gunners hall, a Baltimore Tavern. Poe was strangly dressed and Semiconscious. Family members were called and camer to the Tavern. Poe was not speaking or nothing at all.

Poe was then rushed to a hospital of Washington Medical College. He had a Delirium, a Tremor and a lot of other Diadnosis. Poe may have been to drunk to protect himself from the rain and wind and he was very sick. He was in the hospital for 4 days and was later pronounced dead.