He promised to never drink again to get his job back, but his job was lost for a second time, again due to his drinking. He tried to move to New York to become famous with his writings but he was not successful (LeVert 68-69). Poe then moved to Philadelphia, hoping for another shot at selling his stories. There he tried to start his own magazine to publish his works. Six months went by and the magazine just was not working out (LeVert 76). He then began work for the magazine named "Burton's". Poe had before worked at this magazine and was now making more money than ever (LeVert 79). As with all of the good things in Poe's life, comes misfortune. Poe soon learned of his wife's illness. Virginia began to cough up blood while she was singing one day. This meant that she was in the fatal stage of her disease. Her health was fading fast (LeVert 83).After Virginia's death, Poe felt that he needed to find love from someone. When he moved back to Richmond for the final time, he met his first love Sarah Elmira Shelton. She was now a wealthy widow. He became engaged to her. Shortly after, he died of unknown causes in a Baltimore tavern (LeVert 103-104)."The Cask of Amontillado" wasn't published until 1846 (Symons 315). This was the same time period that both Edgar and Virginia were terminally ill (LeVert 94). All of the problems that had built up throughout his life had the opportunity to be voiced through this simple short story. He had every right to want to believe in the motto mentioned by Montresor in the story. This story could have allowed own personal feelings of revenge to those who provoked him be released. Another theory behind the coat of arms mentioned in the story is that all of the people throughout his life that caused him to feel pain of any kind could represent Fortunato. It could equal an entire group of people that caused Poe's anger. "Poe wasn't the type of person to voice his opinion and act out when some...
