responsible”’ (1). In the Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe‚ Montresor seeks revenge on Fortunato. He gets revenge on the night of a carnival when Fortunato is drunk. Montresor leads Fortunato into the catacombs by saying there is a good wine in there and Fortunato follows him because he is a wine connoisseur. Montresor leads him into the family crypt when he traps Fortunato. Fortunato dies from the mold whilst Montresor is building a wall to keep him hidden. Montresor finishes the wall and then
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had later on moved in with his aunt Maria Clemm and married his cousin‚ Virginia Clemm who was not even fourteen (The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe). The horrid story "The Cask of Amontillado" written by Poe is a complex piece of literature that combines death‚ revenge‚ insanity‚ and humiliation all together. "The Cask of Amontillado" consists of a
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The withholding of information makes the reader wonder what the lottery is and this creates suspense. This in turn keeps the reader absorbed in the story. * Unreliable narrator The story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe has an unreliable narrator. The narrator is unreliable because Montresor is paranoid
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This short essay will focus on the “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ in particular‚ his use of dramatic irony and the tragic disparity of awareness we‚ as the reader‚ are privy to. Poe uses irony to cast a sarcastic undertone over his dark story and create a personal‚ almost fraternal relationship between the narrator and the reader. Poe establishes this relationship in the story’s opening referring to the reader directly as ‘you‚ who so well know the nature of my soul’ (Poe). The
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Montresor is already confined at the start of the story by his grudge. Montresor wants to be free. To be free‚ he takes actions to his evil plan. Even though‚ Montresor successful seeks revenge to escape his confinement‚ he ironically becomes even more confined by his feelings of guilt. Montresor‚ appears to carry out most of his evil deeds with absolutely no feelings of guilt. He even seems to be relishing the experience. However‚ there is one moment when Montresor shows hesitancy
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experience. Montresor in the short story‚ “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is an example of a character that is altered by an aspect of the Human Condition. Montresor’s disruption in the story was due to the insult upon his name and family honor by his friend Fortunato. Fortunato used to pick on Montresor all the time. Infect Montresor said” The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could.” (Poe‚ 37)One example of these injuries is when Fortunato said to Montresor that he
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Thomas Gray Biography : Thomas Gray was born in Cornhill‚ London‚ the son of an exchange broker and a milliner. He was the fifth of 12 children and the only child of Philip and Dorothy Gray to survive infancy. He lived with his mother after she left his abusive father. He was educated at Eton College where his uncle was one of the masters. He recalled his schooldays as a time of great happiness‚ as is evident in his Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College. Gray was
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stories. Roderick Usher’s emotions are overwrought; Ligeia and the narrator of that story both exist in the world of emotions; the behaviors of the narrators of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" are not rational; in "The Cask of Amontillado‚" the hatred of Montresor exceeds all rational explanations. Throughout Poe’s fiction‚ much of the behavior of his characters must be viewed and can be explained best in terms of the Romantic period in which he
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Edgar Allen Poe’s Stories “I withdrew my arm from her grasp and buried the axe in her brain.” Edgar Allen Poe was a famous author of poems‚ in the 1800s. Some of his poems include “The Raven”‚ “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ “The Black Cat”‚ and “The Tell Tale Heart”. In most of Poe’s short stories‚ the narrator wanted revenge‚ but got caught and because of this he was executed. In Poe’s short stories the theme of anger leads to mistakes is shown through setting‚ character‚ plot. Setting‚ character‚
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Brittany Bohman Ms. Green English 12 9/17/14 “The Cask of Amontillado” 1. Montresor comes off as unreasonable and a brutal killer. He starts off by presenting himself as kind of knowing his motivations and his strive for good will. Since he mentions positive characteristics‚ Fortunato indicates the care for his death. Fortunato could have done something so awful that it merits the action that Montressor takes. 2. As the story goes on‚ the setting changes profusely. The setting changes
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