Lily Martin Miss. McNally English 9 October 15, 2015 Literary devices that uplift the tone of “Cask of Amontillado” The exquisite horror in which Poe wrote, sparked a literature revolution. Poe was often perceived by many people as mad or even mentally insane. Society shunned Poe after marrying his thirteen year old cousin who later died of tuberculosis. Everyone Poe ever loved had died of tuberculosis. Another spooky relevance about Poe is the way he mysteriously died at the age of forty. Poe's style of writing did not appeal to everyone because of the erie nature of his stories .In 1841, Poe invented the modern detective story with his “The Murders in the Rue Morgue;”he inspires many authors today, due to the way he writes. When Poe died