Examples Of Verbal Irony In The Cask Of Amontillado
Jade España
Ms.Landess
English Honors 9th (6)
Cask of Amontillado
In the short story, “The Cask of Amontillado”, written by Edgar Allan Poe, he uses dramatic, verbal, and situational irony throughout his story to create an unreliable narrator. A man who has plenty of knowledge of wine is being led to his death. The speaker of this story is displayed as unreliable because of the three types of irony used but, verbal irony is strongly used to make the speaker untrustworthy. One of the many examples that display verbal irony in the story is when Montresor meets Fortunato on the way to the carnival. Montresor says “My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met.” (Poe 1) This demonstrates verbal irony because Montresor is saying the opposite
of what he means. Montresor will later murder Fortunato in the catacombs.
Another example of irony in the story is the main conflict. The reader knows Fortunato was walking straight to his death, the reader knows Montresor’s plan, but Fortunato was too drunk to realize it. This is an example of dramatic irony because the reader knows something that the character does not. My final example of irony in this story is when Montresor says his heart grew sick from the dampness of the catacombs. Montresor is in the process of murdering Fortunato and just then he feels sick because of the dampness of the catacombs. Some might expect Montresor to feel sick because of what he has done but, that is why it is situational irony. Overall, in this story written by Edgar Allan Poe, he used verbal, situational, and dramatic irony to make the speaker unreliable, but verbal irony is used as the strongest.
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Ms.Landess
English Honors 9th (6)
Cask of Amontillado
In the short story, “The Cask of Amontillado”, written by Edgar Allan Poe, he uses dramatic, verbal, and situational irony throughout his story to create an unreliable narrator. A man who has plenty of knowledge of wine is being led to his death. The speaker of this story is displayed as unreliable because of the three types of irony used but, verbal irony is strongly used to make the speaker untrustworthy. One of the many examples that display verbal irony in the story is when Montresor meets Fortunato on the way to the carnival. Montresor says “My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met.” (Poe 1) This demonstrates verbal irony because Montresor is saying the opposite
of what he means. Montresor will later murder Fortunato in the catacombs.
Another example of irony in the story is the main conflict. The reader knows Fortunato was walking straight to his death, the reader knows Montresor’s plan, but Fortunato was too drunk to realize it. This is an example of dramatic irony because the reader knows something that the character does not. My final example of irony in this story is when Montresor says his heart grew sick from the dampness of the catacombs. Montresor is in the process of murdering Fortunato and just then he feels sick because of the dampness of the catacombs. Some might expect Montresor to feel sick because of what he has done but, that is why it is situational irony. Overall, in this story written by Edgar Allan Poe, he used verbal, situational, and dramatic irony to make the speaker unreliable, but verbal irony is used as the strongest.
Works Cited
AuthorLastName, FirstName. Title of the Book Being Referenced. City Name: Name of Publisher, Year. Type of Medium (e.g. Print).
LastName, First, Middle. "Article Title." Journal Title (Year): Pages From - To. Print.