Foreshadowing In The Cask Of Amontillado

Thousands upon thousands of insults, is murder the right way to get back at someone? Monstressor believed the only way to get back at his “friend” Fortunato was to seek revenge and utimatley end his life, trapping him in the darkness of his catacombs. Edgar Allen Poe In his story, “The Cask of Amontillado”, Poe uniquley uses first person point of view, setting and imagery through writing style.

Poe’s use of first person point of view gave the audience an insight on Montresor’s perspective, unreliability, and finally his manipulative personality. To begin with, Poe allows the readers to be connected with the thoughts and intentions of Montresor. The text states,”
“You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled but the very
One example of foreshadowing is Fortunato’s costume. The author illustrates, “The man wore motley. He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells. I was so pleased to see him that I thought I should never have done wringing his hand.”(59). Moreover, Forunato is dressed up as a jester. This foreshadows the fool he will play in Montresor’s story. As he becomes progressively more drunk, he becomes sillier, fulfilling the clown role. Pursuing this further, while the characters walk through the catacombs, they are surrounded by sign of death. In the story, the narrator states,”We had passed through walls of piled bones, with casks and pun- cheons intermingling, into the inmost recesses of the catacombs”(61). Both characters are walking through human remains, which leads to signs of death. In addition, they are walking through the darkest and dampest catacombs hinting that they will be cut off from the outside world. This foreshadows the death that awaits