Edgar Allen Poe's Short Stories
Edgar Allen Poe
In Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories, The Cask of the Amontillado, Hop-Frog, and The Tell-Tale Heart, the themes of gruesome revenge, dark setting, and narrator as a witness come out. Throughout the stories Poe writes about some very dark plots with horrific revenge themes. All of them can be justified to a point, but more so they can be argued to be unjustified.
In The Cask of the Amontillado, the main character is Montresor. He is also the narrator of the story. You learn that Montresor seeks revenged against an acquaintance of his, Fortunado. Why exactly Montresor wants revenged is never said. During a carnival Montresor speaks to Fortunado. He tells Fortunado that he has a cask of wine that might be Amontillado. Fortunado has a fondness for wine and cannot miss the opportunity to taste the Amontillado. Montresor and Fortunado then start towards Montresor’s catacombs, which is where he says the Amontillado is. Once Montresor and Fortunado start descending into the catacombs, Fortunado starts to cough. The catacombs are full of nitre, which is why Fortunado begins to cough. Montresor offers to bring Fortunado back to the surface and to taste the Amontillado another time, but Fortunado insists that they press forward. Throughout their journey down the vaults, Montresor and Fortunado talk. They talk about Montresor’s family coat of arms and motto, Then Fortunado gives a secret hand gesture of the Free Masons. Montresor does not recognize it but says he is a Mason. Fortunado brushes it off and they continue down. By the time Montresor and Fortunado get to the end, Fortunado is well intoxicated because whenever they passed a cask of wine Fortunado would have a drink. Montresor tells Fortunado that the cask of the Amontillado is in the recess of the wall. Fortunado walks to the back of the recess. When he gets all the way to the back Montresor chains Fortunado to the wall. Montresor then begins to brick in the recess. Fortunado starts to
In Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories, The Cask of the Amontillado, Hop-Frog, and The Tell-Tale Heart, the themes of gruesome revenge, dark setting, and narrator as a witness come out. Throughout the stories Poe writes about some very dark plots with horrific revenge themes. All of them can be justified to a point, but more so they can be argued to be unjustified.
In The Cask of the Amontillado, the main character is Montresor. He is also the narrator of the story. You learn that Montresor seeks revenged against an acquaintance of his, Fortunado. Why exactly Montresor wants revenged is never said. During a carnival Montresor speaks to Fortunado. He tells Fortunado that he has a cask of wine that might be Amontillado. Fortunado has a fondness for wine and cannot miss the opportunity to taste the Amontillado. Montresor and Fortunado then start towards Montresor’s catacombs, which is where he says the Amontillado is. Once Montresor and Fortunado start descending into the catacombs, Fortunado starts to cough. The catacombs are full of nitre, which is why Fortunado begins to cough. Montresor offers to bring Fortunado back to the surface and to taste the Amontillado another time, but Fortunado insists that they press forward. Throughout their journey down the vaults, Montresor and Fortunado talk. They talk about Montresor’s family coat of arms and motto, Then Fortunado gives a secret hand gesture of the Free Masons. Montresor does not recognize it but says he is a Mason. Fortunado brushes it off and they continue down. By the time Montresor and Fortunado get to the end, Fortunado is well intoxicated because whenever they passed a cask of wine Fortunado would have a drink. Montresor tells Fortunado that the cask of the Amontillado is in the recess of the wall. Fortunado walks to the back of the recess. When he gets all the way to the back Montresor chains Fortunado to the wall. Montresor then begins to brick in the recess. Fortunado starts to