Poe’s stories correlate to his life for quite a bit of reasons, as of being death, incest, and finally alcoholism. Poe’s life consists of a lot of deaths, which could also be pointed to torture, in which brings me to one of my first point of when Fortunato was locked in a cage for death. “”I placed my hand upon the solid fabric of the catacombs, and felt satisfied.”(The cask of Amontillado,