die in the vault‚ although it may not have buried ancestors of Montresor’s. Fortunato is coerced into the small opening and chained to the wall. The tiny vault represented his finally loss of freedom. The setting could also represent the mind of Montresor. It is revealed that he was retelling the story‚ so his mind is trapped along with Fortunato’s corpse. It is possible he felt guilt and could not get over his misdeeds or it was just a madness festering in his
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1. Holmes and De Burger identify 4 types of serial killers. Which type do you consider the most dangerous to society and why? Identify a serial killer of that type and explain why he fits into that particular category. The type of serial killer I find to be the most dangerous to society is the hedonistic type‚ because I have noticed that they are in the category of killers most likely to kill slowly‚ and to drag out the pain their victims feel. John Wayne Gacy was one such serial killer‚ as a
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and or what you do. In both “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Edgar Allen Poe‚ and “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ Richard Connell‚ the main characters suffer from hubris‚ which has tragic consequences. In “The Cask of Amontillado” this theme is apparent with Montresor when he says “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could‚
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Acting on revenge can either be bittersweet or deadly. Revenge is the act of “getting someone back” who has done another person wrong. The emotion one feels that could lead to revenge is anger‚ as a replacement of grief. Normally‚ the person taking revenge lets the one who has done him wrong know that he is vengeful. Other times‚ the person would act upon his revenge without letting the victim know what he is getting revenge on. Although‚ sometimes‚ an individual would just forgive the other person
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will be waiting for him at the Palazzo‚ and "Let us be gone" and Montresor’s response is "Yes." "Let us be gone." They both say the same thing‚ but to each of them it has drastically different meanings. Fortunato wants to go home‚ go to his wife. Montresor wants him to simply be gone‚ be gone from his life‚ and be gone from the world. It is an ironic play on words. However this verbal irony also can be taken as the dramatic irony as well‚ because the character Fortunato is finally beginning to see
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through the character narrator Montresor of “The Cask of Amontillado”. An example of the ego is shown through Montresors ability to act rationally while planning his revenge‚ “I continued as was my wont‚ to smile in his face‚ and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation” (Poe 56). In the streets of the city Montresor is the portrait of a caring friend to Fortunato. As they make their journey down from the city deep into the catacombs Montresor becomes more taunting and
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life is a fair trade for the life of your son? No‚ of course not‚ your son was an innocent‚ just starting out in life and had done no wrong. But the killer was a lifetime criminal‚ convicted of many crimes of similar nature. So the life of that sociopath is no fair trade whatsoever. Do you feel better about your son’s death now that he will die too? Again‚ no you don’t‚ not at all. Any decent human being would not feel justice was served. But you would have closure
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In “The Cask of Amontillado” he writes about the coat of arms for the house Montresor. He describes it as “A huge human foot d’or‚ in a field azure‚ the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.” (Poe 99). This image is underscored with the inscription of the family motto‚ "nemo me impune lacessit‚" which
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There are many psychological disorders that we have studied through the years. The categories for most of them are anxiety‚ personality‚ and dissociative disorders. The one that has helped identify the majority of criminals is antisocial personality disorder. This disorder is one that develops early in people‚ as early as the age of three‚ and as stated before can lead the person to become a criminal. However‚ if the person who has this disorder is raised well he could end up being a hero of
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LIGEIA An unnamed narrator opens the story by claiming not to remember the circumstances in which he met his beloved‚ the lady Ligeia. Although he fixates on her rare learning‚ her unusual beauty‚ and her love of language‚ the narrator cannot specifically recall how Ligeia became his love object. He does speculate‚ however‚ that he first encountered her in Germany‚ where her family lived in an ancient city on the Rhine. He is confident that Ligeia spoke frequently about her family‚ but he does
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