1.In "The Cask of Amontillado‚" what does the narrator’s attitude toward his servants reveal about his view of humanity? It is clear that this is another key indication of the kind of character that Montresor is as a narrator. The fact that he has deliberately organised for his home to be empty when he brings Fortunato home speaks of the way in which he is a calculated killer and has deliberately planned to have Fortunato murdered. However‚ note what he says about his servants and how he achieves
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"The Cask of Amontillado" is a story of revenge‚ Montresor is an unreliable narrator; that whatever insult Montresor believes Fortunato committed is probably imagined. Fortunato has no idea of Montresor’s anger and this makes the story even more tragic. In the beginning of the story‚ Montresor says he must "punish with impunity." He states if the avenger is caught‚ or does not make the punishment known to he who committed the wrong‚ the wrong goes UN avenged. he sets the trap for Fortunato. But
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The Truth in Their Words 2013-10-17 How can you keep a story unbiased and true to the actual meaning when telling the story from different perspectives? Edgar Allen Poe’s stories “the cask of amontillado” and “the tell tale heart” are great examples of unreliable narrators and how readers should question the narrators perspective instead of just willingly believing everything that has been said. Some times readers have to think past what is being said and explore the possibility of the
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Synthesis The Tell-Tale Heart‚ and The Cask of Amontillado “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-tale Heart”‚ has a setting in the mid 1800’s‚ where the narrator in each stories killed another character‚ hid their victims and leaving no evidence behind. But both of these stories don’t end the same‚ one of these stories‚ the murder gets away‚ and the other faces his consequences. In “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Montresor tells the story of the day that he took his revenge on Fortunato‚ because
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Edgar Allen Poe ’s "The Cask of Amontillado" is a story about a premeditated murder. The real question proposed‚ however‚ is Poe ’s writing about his life in relationship to the story. Throughout the story‚ readers become aware that Montresor is not a reliable narrator and that he has a tendency to hold grudges and exaggerate terribly‚ as he refers to the "thousand injuries" that he has "suffered at the hands of Fortunato." When Fortunato insulted Montresor‚ he could stand no more‚ and vowed revenge
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showed no sign of threat‚ but in the end the human killed the spider out of fear. The Cask of Amontillado is about two men‚ Fortunato and Montresor. Montresor is vengeful against Fortunato for humiliation he he caused him in the past. Montresor plots the perfect plan to execute his revenge‚ making Fortunato suffer a slow and painful death in the end. Stories like A Matter of Taste and The Cask of Amontillado have many aspects to it. They include things such as the setting‚ characters‚ diction‚
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help develop different themes in different ways. As seen in “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor‚ where three different authors use death that can be interpreted to develop different themes. In “The Cask of Amontillado” the theme revenge can be perceived with Montresor’s wishes to make Fortunato pay for insulting him. Montresor‚ an unreliable narrator‚ kills his rival (Fortunato) without thinking about it
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Ms. Magana The Bragging of 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
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Period / Stiner 10-18-13 Cluster #1 “The Cask of Amontillado”: Analyzing Short Stories and Novels: -Plot: 1) In “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ the exposition is the part where Montresor is relating to the incidents from 50 years ago when he got his revenge against Fortunato. The rising action occurs whenever Montresor lures Fortunato away from the carnival and tricks him to go into the catacombs. The climax occurs whenever Montresor mentions Luchesi‚ and Fortunato calls
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Kyle Godfrey Writing about Literature Professor Doherty 4/1/14 The Cask of Amontillado In all literature‚ and more specifically in essays or short stories there are a large number of literally elements used. The six most consistent ones are characters‚ plot‚ setting‚ symbols‚ point-of-view‚ and purpose. All of these together combine to create a vast number of novels‚ essays‚ and short stories that we all know today. Some of the best well-known stories are Hills like White Elephants by Hemmingway
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