Cask of Amontillado
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Revenge is a word I’m sure everyone can relate to. We will all, at a point in our
lives, feel the need to seek vengeance upon someone. And although it is wrong to to terrible things to other people, we still feel satisfactory from getting even. There are multiple ways to get revenge on someone; some people get straight to the point and go in for the kill, like what Montresor did in The Cask of Amontillado. These persons are generally obsessed with revenge, or incredibly insulted by what was done to them.
However, in any situation, it would be more beneficial to let the anger go, instead of plotting a huge revenge plan. And what can be scary, is the intellectual people who know what they want and how to achieve that. It’s very hard to escape an intelligent persons plan for revenge against you, especially when they are 100% set on seeking their revenge. In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, an idea is conveyed that cunning and sly people, when wronged by others, will use their intelligence to pursue the goal of revenge.! !
While this story is an entertaining piece of work, it also includes symbols to keep
the reader engaged throughout the story. Poe writes with the idea that pride could lead us to do unthinkable things, which can also lead us into becoming too naive and blind toward our own actions. Montresor approaches Fortunato during the carnival. And the carnival can be seen as a symbol for the madness going through Montresor’s head.
Montresor claims that Fortunato inflicted a “thousand injuries” on him, and we never really find out what these injuries were. Perhaps Fortunato didn’t even mean to insult Montresor, but Montresor just takes Fortunato’s sloppy ignorance for insults. Or maybe Fortunato has in
fact been inflicting injury on Montresor since days of childhood, and the carnival symbolizes that Montresor has literally gone mad, and he wants to use his knowledge about his previous revenge plots to kill Fortunato. Poe also
Revenge is a word I’m sure everyone can relate to. We will all, at a point in our
lives, feel the need to seek vengeance upon someone. And although it is wrong to to terrible things to other people, we still feel satisfactory from getting even. There are multiple ways to get revenge on someone; some people get straight to the point and go in for the kill, like what Montresor did in The Cask of Amontillado. These persons are generally obsessed with revenge, or incredibly insulted by what was done to them.
However, in any situation, it would be more beneficial to let the anger go, instead of plotting a huge revenge plan. And what can be scary, is the intellectual people who know what they want and how to achieve that. It’s very hard to escape an intelligent persons plan for revenge against you, especially when they are 100% set on seeking their revenge. In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, an idea is conveyed that cunning and sly people, when wronged by others, will use their intelligence to pursue the goal of revenge.! !
While this story is an entertaining piece of work, it also includes symbols to keep
the reader engaged throughout the story. Poe writes with the idea that pride could lead us to do unthinkable things, which can also lead us into becoming too naive and blind toward our own actions. Montresor approaches Fortunato during the carnival. And the carnival can be seen as a symbol for the madness going through Montresor’s head.
Montresor claims that Fortunato inflicted a “thousand injuries” on him, and we never really find out what these injuries were. Perhaps Fortunato didn’t even mean to insult Montresor, but Montresor just takes Fortunato’s sloppy ignorance for insults. Or maybe Fortunato has in
fact been inflicting injury on Montresor since days of childhood, and the carnival symbolizes that Montresor has literally gone mad, and he wants to use his knowledge about his previous revenge plots to kill Fortunato. Poe also