Biographically and historically, Poe incorporated the three most important women in his life into many of his works. “The Masque of the Red Death,” for example, highlights the effect that tuberculosis specifically had on Poe's life and how it killed his family. The devastation and sadness that Poe later endured is evident in the extreme ways in which the characters in his stories suffer and are killed. Of Poe's poems, "Annabel Lee" most accurately describes the love and emotions he felt towards his wife Virginia, and what he truly felt after her death. She describes that he had true love for her and that she was the one true love of his life. In "The Cask of Amontillado", the anger and murderous thoughts that Poe secretly had for his rival Thomas English are evident when Fortunato suffers a very strange and whimsical slow and painful death bestowed upon him by Montresor, who represents Poe. Poe used his stories and poems as a way to express his true emotions and how certain things affected him. The thoughts and feelings depicted in Poe's work may be things that Poe would never admit or share out loud with other people, so he writes them down and makes them as extreme as possible. While Poe would probably never chain someone to a vault in real life, “The Cask of Amontillado” is a relatable story