The character Fortunato, who gets buried alive by the narrator, represents a person the author knew in real life. The guy beat Poe up in the street the year prior over an argument about a girl's brother and wanting a gun.
The character Fortunato, who gets buried alive by the narrator, represents a person the author knew in real life. The guy beat Poe up in the street the year prior over an argument about a girl's brother and wanting a gun.