to try to find work. First trying in New York, he was unsuccessful. Then in the summer of 1838, he moved to Philadelphia, Pa. While in Philadelphia, he wrote as the editor of both Burtons Gentlemens Magazine and Grahams Magazine. He also again entered another writing contest and won another hundred-dollar prize for The Gold Bug. Even after that win, Edgar again packed up and headed for New York. Successfully finding a job in New York, he began working as an assistant editor the Evening Mirror. This is where The Raven first appeared on January 29, 1845. The poem immediately caught the imagination of the public and was reprinted all over the country and even abroad in all kinds of papers and magazines. He only pocketed a few dollars for his poems though.The year of 1845 was a lucky year for Poe. He published a collection of his tales and an edition of his poems named The Raven and Other Poems. He also became the editor of the weekly Broadway Journal. At this point in time, Edgars life was going accordingly. Then in January of 1848, his wife Virginia died of tuberculosis. Edgar broke down from her death and died on October 7, 1849. His death is still a mystery to the world today. On October 3, 1849, he was taken to Washington College Hospital. The doctor attending to him no longer practiced and kept unclear notes. It is believed that Edgar had been mugged before brought to the hospital and he was not drunk when he arrived. Earlier in the weak he had been diagnosed with lesions on the brain. Those factors could have contributed to his death.In Poes writing, Masque of The Red Death, he uses his imagination throughout the story. He bases the plot on a plague, which takes only a half-hour to run its course, devastates an entire country. At first, the infected person feels sharp pains and dizziness. The person then begins to bleed at the pores and ultimately dies. Prince Prospero has ordered one thousand lords and ladies ...
