interesting theme called a gothic theme. Likewise‚ in Poe’s story Montresor hides his intent of hate towards Fortunato; leaving a dark foreboding killer intent to be felt by the readers. Furthermore‚ Montresor gets Fortunato drunk‚ so that he doesn’t realize he’s being chained up. For instance‚ in the story it says “I broke and reached him a flagon of De Grave” (238). Incredibly‚ as Montresor and Fortunato get to the crypt‚ Montresor finds a pile of bones. Nevertheless‚
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Poe‚ the confession of Montresor creates two contradicting scenarios. Montresor’s words argue that Fortunato’s death was not a crime of passion. On the other hand his recollections that the murder was a premeditated murder. When it comes to the topic of deciding if Fortunato’s murder was a crime of passion or a premeditated‚ the choice is clear. My views are based upon how Montresor took advantage of Fortunato inside the catacombs. In the very beginning of the story Montresor revealed to the reader
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"The Cask of Amontillado" is the story of an elderly man and third person narrator name Montresor who makes a abiguity statement "a thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could." He vowed revenge and gave utterance to a threat. In Poe’s story from Montresor’s point of view provides the reader with insight into Montresor deep struggles. Poe want to insure that the reader understands that Montresor is not successful at revenge‚ "You‚ who so well know the nature of my soul..." Fifty
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could‚ but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge." The suggestion of vengeance is repeated several more times in the opening paragraph. Poe gives us a view at premeditated murder from the details in his story told through the eyes of Montresor. While he carefully removes unnecessary parts of the story‚ Poe elaborately and vividly relates this bone-chilling tale of revenge while keeping his audience waiting for more. The theme of Poe’s "The Cask of Amontillado" is reprisal and he uses
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Montresor’s Crime In the mysterious story‚ “ The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ a man named Montresor tricks a man into his trap to kill him. Montresor is bragging about his crime. I think this because of Montresor’s actions‚ statements‚ and random conversations. To begin with‚ Montresor is an unreliable narrator. I think this because in the beginning of the story‚(174) Montresor does not give any background or evidence of being insulted by Fortunato. The texts says‚ “ The thousand injuries
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The Cask of Amontillado is revenge. Montresor wants revenge on Fortunato for something that happened in the past. Montresor planned to trick and kill Fortunato. Montresor used deception to carry out his plan. Montresor wants revenge on Fortunato for something that happened in the past. Montresor said in the beginning of the story that he wanted revenge. He was going to kill Fortunato to get revenge‚ even though Fortunato was a close and dear friend. Montresor also said: “The thousand injuries
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cine and making it worse than what they did. 2.Why did Montresor seek revenge on Fortunato? Montresor seeked revenge on Fortunato because Fortunato had always hurt Montresor and his feelings. This time Fortunato had gone too far with being rude and horriable to Montresor so he felt that he had to get revenge on Fortunato. He decided to get him back and worse. 3. How did Montresor know that the house would be empty? Montresor knew the house would be empty because it was carnival season and
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of Amontillado" is the nature of Montresor ’s motive for the revenge he "vowed" to obtain when Fortunato "ventured upon insult" (209). Montresor believes a wrong is "unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong" (209). While Montresor endeavors to make his vengeance known to Fortunato‚ the author ’s references to Masonry in his use of characterization‚ setting and irony indicate Montresor ’s motive. Fortunato throws back
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minor infractions‚ it can turn into deep hatred. Told in first person by Montresor‚ Poe thrusts the reader into a believable tale‚ though the narrator is not necessarily be reliable or trusted because of his actions. The participant approach by the narrator plunges the reader directly into the story‚ effectively making it more interesting because the readers feels as though they are in the story rather than reading it. "Montresor tells the story to a presumably appreciative listener‚ someone capable
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Ever heard of a perfect crime? In the story The Cast of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe‚ Montresor accomplishes murder because he is determined‚ intelligent‚ and vengeful. Montresor seeks out revenge after Fortunato insults him many times. Montresor tricks Fortunato into going inside huge underground vaults‚ there Fortunato thinks he will drink the Amontillado. As they proceed to the end of the vaults Montresor chains Fortunato up‚ builds a burrier‚ and leaves Fortunato there to die. Here Montersor
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