Edgar Allan Poe’s life was surrounded by darkness. You can tell this by reading his many stories about odd things and drinking. Many things that you can read about Poe show that he drank a lot of liquor and wine. Poe’s life was troubled by some of his friends and family dying from tuberculosis, a bad disease that killed a lot of people in those days. Poe’s death was a shock to a lot of people, and an even bigger one that no one has ever figured out what his cause of death was in the 166 years that he’s been dead. The theory of him dying because of high intoxication is a very reasonable theory because it was told that he drank a lot regularly. When Poe was found on the park bench he was reportedly very delirious and unresponsive. No one in