a writing style the immerses the reader into the story. The story starts out with the main character‚ Montresor‚ not being introduced
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standards in the local culture. There is a marked inability to get along with others or abide by societal rules (APA‚ 2000). This pattern of behavior is seen in children or young adolescents and persists into adulthood. It is also often known as sociopath‚ psychopath or dyssocial personality disorder. People who are diagnosed with ASPD have no conscience‚ move through society as predators and pay little attention to the consequences of their action. They cannot understand feelings of guilt or remorse
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meaning of Montresor is “to show fate’’. In the opening of the story‚ Montresor states why he desires Fortunato downfall. “The Cask of Amontillado’’‚ a short story by Edgar Allan Poe in which a man named Montresor seeks revenge on a well respected and feared men for insulting his family name and hurting him verbally countless of times. Montresor honors his family’s name‚ motto‚ and coat of arm‚ these things are vast significance in the story of “The Cask of Amontillado’’. The Montresors were a rich
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personality disorder. A sociopath is someone with little to no conscience. Although‚ the cause for being a sociopath is still unknown‚ sociopaths usually have early life traumatic situations that play into their disorder. Another belief that plays into someone being a sociopath is genetic‚ it is thought that sociopathy is passed down from parents to childeen. Sociopaths are not capable of loving someone‚ having true relationships‚ or let alone even feeling any emotions whatsoever. Sociopaths are very hard
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Through literary reading and time there has always been the misconception between the two words sociopath and psychopath. As people battle from a literal standpoint to define the words sociopath and psychopath for whatever reason; both terms always seem to share a common ground of being a personality disorder. There have been many assumptions about individuals who display sociopathic or psychopathic characteristics. Whether in life or in fiction these individuals are believed to be dark and menacing
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The Unreliable Narration of Montresor: An Analysis on Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Story The Cask of Amontillado In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story‚ The Cask of Amontillado‚ a theme of gothic horror is present‚ due partly to the ironic narration of Montresor and the setting. Poe creates Montresor as one of a sociopathic nature‚ in which he jests with his victim‚ Fortunato‚ up until the moments of his death. Montresor’s narration however is unreliable in that the reader does not know whether the victim
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gloomy mood lives on in his book "The Cask of Amontillado‚" which is the story of a revenge seeking companion. Fortunato offended Montresor bad enough to make him crave revenge. Montresor’s persuasive and cunning way with words helps him lead Fortunato deep into the catacombs‚ where Montresor shackles Fortunato to the wall before sealing in him and his fate. If Montresor wasn’t so thorough in his crime or his revenge as he calls it‚ then it wouldn’t be possible that he was still innocent after fifty
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Amontillado‚” creates Montresor : a man with intentions of evil revenge. Likewise‚ the author of “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ Richard Connell writes of an evil and bloodthirsty man. Poe’s antagonist Montresor is a wine expert who has been insulted one too many times and has sworn his vengeance. Zaroff‚ Connell’s antagonist‚ is a big game hunter who got too bored with animal hunts. Rather than giving up hunting due to his boredom‚ Zaroff hunts and traps sailors instead. Montresor and Zaroff are deceptive
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made the main character‚ Montresor‚ a unreliable narrator because of how Montresor changes his feelings on Fortunato by wanting to kill him one minute but also calling him friend another minute. The story is about a man named Montresor who was humiliated by Fortunato. Since Montresor was humiliated he decided that he was going to have to get revenge on Fortunato because of what his family’s motto was. Then one day during a carnival Fortunato got very drunk and Montresor decided to make this the time
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More success‚ more triumph. Why not? There isn’t a man‚ nay a soul‚ that could best me. But it is with wine that I celebrate my glory. The more the better‚ as wine is my source of comfort. I indeed celebrate with my trusted friend Montresor‚ who had accompanied me during the carnival season. Dusk lay across the land‚ and while the people cheered and laughed‚ I was mesmerized my what my friend had to tell me. “A pipe” I stumbled a bit by the news‚ unsure if I’d even heard it right. “Impossible! And
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