Examples Of Irony In The Cask Of Amontillado

All through the semester, read a numerous amount of short stories, ranging from Tarzan of the apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs to Spunk by Zora Neale Hurston. Each story includes their own twists and turns. Out of all the stories, I choose to write about The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe. While reading this story, you can tell that Poe utilizes a lot of Irony with all of his characters. Fortunato (the main character) but at the end of the story, he is killed by Montresor. “No answer still. I thrust a torch through the remaining aperture and let it fall within. There came forth in reply only a jingling of the bells. My heart grew sick—on account of the dampness of the catacombs. I hastened to make an end of my labor. I forced the last
For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!”.(Meyer,743). Another way Poe uses Irony would be when the character talk to one another. For example, when Montresor first tells Fortunato that he does not want him to go taste the Amontillado. ““Come, let us go.” “Whither?” “To your vaults.” “My friend, no; I will not impose upon your good nature. I perceive you have an engagement. Luchesi——” “I have no engagement;—come.” “My friend, no. It is not the engagement, but the severe cold with which I perceive you are afflicted. The vaults are insufferably damp. They are encrusted with nitre.”(Meyer,740). while speaking to Fortunato, Montressor expresses his worries about Fortunato’s health , yet in the back of his mind the sole desire to kill Fortunato starts to ignite. By Monstressors actions and words, the reader can’t really get a clear Image of what he plans to do, because of the way that he leads Fortunato into the Catacombs Is by telling him “Come, let us go.” “Whither?” “To your vaults.” “My friend, no; I will not impose upon your good nature. I perceive you have an engagement. Luchesi” “I have no engagement;—come.” “My friend, no. It is not the
The vaults are insufferably damp. They are encrusted with nitre.” “Let us go, nevertheless. The cold is merely nothing. Amontillado! You have been imposed upon. And as for Luchesi, he cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado”. (Meyer,741).Montresor knows that Fortunato is a very arrogant man. What is so ironic about this conversation is that Montresor seems to care about Fortunato’s health and yet he wants to murder him. Another example; of irony would be when Montresor tells all of servants to stay home for the night. The last example of irony , would be that they are set in the middle of the Catacombs and how Fortunato asks Montresor if he is in the Masons. ““You do not