Maria Lopez Mrs. Schurman English III Honors July 23‚ 2014 The Story after The Cask of Amontillado What happens after Fortunato passes out and Montresor leaves? This was a mystery‚ but after 50 years this mystery will be revealed. Fortunato was always a little conceited regarding his knowledge of wine‚ but overall he was a very friendly‚ helpful and innocent man‚ now‚ if we talk about Montresor‚ he was a very vengeful person and not a very nice man when it came to people messing with him. While
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story “The Cask of Amontillado”. The story is written by Edgar Allan Poe. It is about Montressor who seeks revenge for Fortunato just because of an insult. He uses the weak point of Fortunato i.e. Fortunato prided himself on his knowledge and good taste of wine. With that‚ Montressor uses Amontillado as bait so that Fortunato will go with him on his catacombs. At the end‚ Montressor is successful in having revenge. Through these actions of the characters‚ we can say that the main theme of the story
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The Cask of Amontillado The Cask of Amontanillo was particular hard for me to understand. Even though I reread it a couple of times‚ Poe’s writing got confusing to me. Narration and Point of View starting on page 161‚ helped me understand that the narrator was very aware of the voice in the story‚ but still‚ at the end of the reading‚ I was not as clear about the story. However‚ as far as I understood‚ Montresor holds a high social position but not as a nice positive one. I don’t believe Montresor
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Cask of Amontillado Analysis In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story "The Cask of the Amontillado"‚ irony and symbolism and character are used to write this gothic tale. The two characters‚ Montressor and Fortunato‚ are no longer friends; as a result‚ this story is about revenge from Montressor and murder of Fortunato. Poe puts several instances of irony in this story. For example when Fortunato and Montressor are in the tunnel‚ looking for the cask of the amontillado‚ Fortunato coughs and Montressor
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The Cask of Amontillado “The Cask of Amontillado” is an interesting short story about a man‚ Montreso‚ who feels he has been wronged in the past and who seeks extreme retaliation on the person who has committed this evil deed. Evidence of this is found in the passage from the story: “I must not only punish‚ but punish with impunity.” This is a clue as to what is to follow in the story. “The Cask of Amontillado” is a story filled with trickery and deception. It takes place in stage five on the
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horrifying‚ and deal with love‚ death‚ terror‚ revenge and often brand evil. He had a love for the arts‚ alcohol and women. Death surrounded much of Poe’s early years and it is no wonder that many of his works deal with death and dying. His writings did not deal with the supernatural world of vampires or ghosts but dealt with the evil from within our souls that resides in each one of us. As in the story “The Cask of Amontillado” which focuses on revenge and pride which results in murder establishes
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“The Cask of Amontillado” is a spectacular horror story by author Edgar Allan Poe‚ cleverly plotted and well crafted. In a prodigious show of mischief‚ Poe brings forth Fortunato‚ an epicure of superior wines‚ an enjoyer of festivities‚ and a very inebriated man. The night of Carnival‚ this jaunty fellow has lost all abstemiousness to the powerful grasp of intoxication. Perhaps had he not been so indulgent in his choice of vintage‚ he would have avoided falling prey to an even sorrier fate‚ namely
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Roman Fever Analysis I believe the central idea of “Roman Fever” by Edith Wharton is how present the past really is people judge you by your past‚ your life is determined by your past‚ and you are everything your past made you out to be. Her themes of choice‚ irony‚ destructive passions and the past is always present in the lives we lead today are clearly presented within her writing and made evident thru the storyline she uses. In “Roman Fever” two women who
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Destructive Passion and Past Repetition In “Roman Fever” In the short story “Roman Fever” we see a pattern in the lives of the women. I like to call this destructive passion. Destructive passion can be put into a literal term of passion itself. “Passion in itself is an emotion applied to a strong feeling about a person or thing.” (Merriam-Webster online) This also means that passion can be known has having a strong desire towards something or someone. Intense passion in the forms of love‚ fear
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The Cask of Amontillado is a story written by Edgar Allen Poe‚ one of the most famous gothic poet and story writer born in Boston on January 19‚ 1809. The story features the antagonist Montessor‚ plotting revenge on his enemy Fortunato for disrespecting him. He encounters Fortunato at a seasonal evening carnival‚ “It was about dusk one evening‚ during the supreme madness of the carnival season‚ that I encountered my “friend” (84). Fortunato was drunk and vulnerable‚ “Fortunato‚ who had seemed to
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