Carlos Martinez ENG2(8) - FINAL EXAM

Edgar Allen Poe, the famous poet was well known for his writing. But is also an unsolved case in the subject of death. There are two theory about his death, the theory of him having rabies, and the theory he was drunk outside a bar in the rain with a fever. After reading four stories, two on him being an alcoholic, and two on him having rabies, I believe that he was an alcoholic. Edgar Allen Poe was found outside a Baltimore bar with beaten up clothes, half conscious, and was outside in the rain with a fever. Edgar was taken to the hospital where he was acting delirious, and was claimed to have been talking to imaginary objects on the wall. His behavior wasn't normal, he was very sick. In the hospital his face was pale and was drenched in sweat. With the rabies theory, some evidence is well supportive and some of it isn't. The symptoms of rabies were sweating, paleness, and being delirious, but those could also have been cause form his cat, which didn't have rabies. And when he was found there without a scratch. Victim with rabies said that they didn't remember being bitten. Also rabies didn't react right away, rabies could start showing symptoms in the matter of years. But he had a cat called Caterina which didn't have have rabies. How could he have gotten rabies without a bite or scratch. I concluded this saying the alcohol was the case. Edgar Allen Poe was found outside a Baltimore bar, eith beaten up clothes, a fever, and half conscious. Evidence of rabies was also evidence of his fever. He was found without a bite or a scratch. Therefore he had to have died from alcohol.