I need to know about how Poes short stories,Tell-tale heart, the raven and the fall of the house of usher, relate to his real life. what connection does the story make with his real life experienc. for example - did he base his characters on people he knew- did the events in his story relate to something that happened in real life? please get back to me ASAP> and be as thorough as possible.

-- Anonymous, February 09, 2001