Comparing Pit And The Pendulum 'And' The Cask Of Amont
David Akao
Mr. Greenfield
ENGL 101 12
8 October 2017
Compare/Contrast Essay "The Cask of Amontillado," is about a man named Montresor, who seeks revenge on Fortunato by taking him on a journey and burying him alive. "The Pit and the Pendulum" starts with the narrator recounting hearing his death sentence. Fainting after listening to this news, he awakens later in the darkness as the man finds himself disorientated about where he is. He explores the room he is in and his body is very weak. The narrator thinks that he might be in a tomb where he has been buried alive. He is paranoid because he thinks he is going to die. The narrator, however, comes up with an escape plan, and is rescued by General Lasalle and his French army. In "The Cask of
Mr. Greenfield
ENGL 101 12
8 October 2017
Compare/Contrast Essay "The Cask of Amontillado," is about a man named Montresor, who seeks revenge on Fortunato by taking him on a journey and burying him alive. "The Pit and the Pendulum" starts with the narrator recounting hearing his death sentence. Fainting after listening to this news, he awakens later in the darkness as the man finds himself disorientated about where he is. He explores the room he is in and his body is very weak. The narrator thinks that he might be in a tomb where he has been buried alive. He is paranoid because he thinks he is going to die. The narrator, however, comes up with an escape plan, and is rescued by General Lasalle and his French army. In "The Cask of